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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1012 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 115 PM EDT



* AT 1012 AM EDT...AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES AND DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES

  INDICATE THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN

  MADISON COUNTY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. RADAR TRENDS OVER THE PAST

  HOUR HAVE SHOWN A DECREASING COVERAGE OF RAINFALL AROUND AND IMMEDIATELY

  UPSTREAM OF MADISON COUNTY...BUT RAIN WAS WIDESPREAD OVER FAR SOUTHWEST

  NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SHOULD MOVE BACK OVER   

  THE AREA THIS MORNING. 



* COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER ACROSS THE ROAD ALONG ROUTE 208 NEAR

  THE STATE LINE AND ROUTE 212 NEAR HICKEY CREEK.  



THIS EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MADISON COUNTY.



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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