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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1040 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT



* AT 1038 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SHERIFFS REPORTS 

INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN MADISON COUNTY. FOR THE PAST 

HOUR...RADAR HAS INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FALLING IN THE HEADWATERS OF 

LAUREL CREEK AND LITTLE LAUREL CREEK IN MADISON COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN 

WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER 30 MINUTES...WHICH WILL BE 

SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



* AT 1020 PM EDT THE MADISON COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED THAT LITTLE 

LAUREL CREEK WAS ABOUT 1 1/2 FEET BELOW THE BRIDGE AT BRIGMAN HOLLOW 

RD. IN ADDITION...RAPID RISES WERE REPORTED ON THE BIG LAUREL CREEK. 

SEVERAL SMALL CREEKS FEEDING INTO THE BIG AND LITTLE LAUREL CREEKS 

ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE BANKFULL DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN. THIS WILL 

AFFECT PRIMARILY STATE ROUTE 208 AS WELL AS OTHER SECONDARY ROADS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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