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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

633 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT



* WEATHER RADAR AT GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS

  AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MADISON COUNTY...THAT EXTENDED WEST INTO 

  TENNESSEE. RAINFALL WITH THIS CLUSTER HAS BEEN TORRENTIAL NEAR 

  THE TENNESSEE BORDER...AND EVENTUALLY THE HEAVY RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD

  ALL OF THE COUNTY. FLOODING OF LITTLE LAUREL CREEK IS              

  EXPECTED...AS WELL AS ALONG OTHER NARROW STREAMS AND CREEKS IN

  THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.



  FLOODING IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY ALONG MILL CREEK CREEK...AND IN THE 

  VICINITY OF HOT SPRINGS NEAR SPRING CREEK. A RAPID RISE COULD      

  OCCUR ALONG THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER BETWEEN MARSHALL AND HOT 

  SPRINGS LATER THIS MORNING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE

SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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