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WGUS52 KGSP 100603

FFWGSP

NCC099-100845-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

200 AM EDT MON SEP 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 445 AM EDT



* AT 145 AM EDT...AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES REPORTED EXCESSIVE 

  RAINFALL IN EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY. AN AUTOMATED GAUGE

  ON BLACKROCK MOUNTAIN REPORTED 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR AND      

  NEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THREE HOURS. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO

  CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR...WITH UP TO 2 MORE

  INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA.



* AREAS MOST LIKELY TO FLOOD INCLUDE THE PANTHERTOWN CREEK AND THE 

  HEADWATERS OF THE TUCKASEGEE RIVER AT ROCK BRIDGE ALONG ROUTE 281. 

  ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TUCKASEGEE DRAINAGE...TANASEE CREEK AND

  WOLF CREEK MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. CAMPERS ALONG STREAMS 

IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW.



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