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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

245 AM EDT SUN AUG 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 545 AM EDT



* AT 237 AM EDT...AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES REPORTED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL

  AT COLD CREEK NEAR WOLF MOUNTAIN.  RAINFALL OF OVER TWO AND A HALF 

  INCHES IN AN HOUR WAS RECORDED.



* AN AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS JACKSON COUNTY.

  CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING IN

  THE SAME AREA.  RECENT HEAVY RAINS HAVE LIMITED THE AMOUNT OF

  ADDITIONAL RAIN CREEKS AND STREAMS CAN HANDLE.



COLD CREEK FEEDS INTO TANASEE CREEK RESERVOIR AND WOLF CREEK 

RESERVOIR. COUNTY OFFICIALS SHOULD MONITOR CONDITIONS AND BE 

PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.  



RESIDENTS SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF DEVELOPING CONDITIONS AND SHOULD 

MOVE TO SAFETY IF RISING WATER THREATENS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID 

DRIVING THROUGH HIGH WATER ON ROADS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT WHEN THE 

DEPTH CANNOT BE EASILY GAUGED.  



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.



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