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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

112 PM 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 415 PM EDT



* AT 105 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...MOVING EAST INTO THE NORTH 

CAROLINA MOUNTAINS FROM TENNESEEE.



* EARLIER TODAY...PORTIONS OF MADISON COUNTY RECEIVED TWO TO THREE 

INCHES OF RAINFALL... SATURATING THE GROUND...AND CAUSING RIVERS AND 

STREAMS TO RISE. PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 208 AND 212 REMAIN FLOODED 

FROM THIS MORNING. ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MADISON COUNTY...WHICH 

WILL PROLONG FLOODING.



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.

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