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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

823 AM EST SUN MAR 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1130 AM EST



* AT 816 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN MOVING TOWARD MADISON COUNTY FROM EASTERN TENNESSEE.



* THE GROUND IS SATURATED...AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF AND 

CAUSE WATER LEVELS TO RISE. LAUREL CREEK HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED TO 

BE COMING OUT OF ITS BANKS.



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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