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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

812 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 806 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR...AS WELL AS

  AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES...REPORTED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ASSOCIATED

  WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS THE COUNTY.

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT THE AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS

  THE COUNTY. ESPECIALLY HARD HIT WILL BE TRIBUTARIES IN AND AROUND

  NEWLAND...WHERE MINOR STREAM FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRED EARLIER IN

  THE EVENING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ONCE DARKNESS FALLS SINCE IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS AT NIGHT. IF FLASH 

FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE 

FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE 

SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.

$$

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