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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1006 PM EDT MON JUL 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN SWAIN COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 956 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED        

  NEARLY STATIONARY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN SWAIN 

  COUNTY...COVERING ALMOST ALL OF FONTANA LAKE...TO FRANKLIN GROVE.  

  THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD SHIFTED TO THE WESTERN HALF OF FONTANA       

  LAKE...WHERE AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE NEAR THE FONTANA DAM HAS       

  REPORTED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 8 PM. RAINFALL OF THIS        

  MAGNITUDE IS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



  RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS BEEN GRADUALLY DIMINISHING...BUT THE        

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS CONTINUE TO ADD UP. THIS IS THE PEAK TOURIST      

  SEASON IN THIS PART OF SWAIN COUNTY...WITH NUMEROUS CAMPERS AND    

  OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS. THOSE CAMPING NEAR STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE  

  VICINITY OF FONTANA LAKE SHOULD KEEP FREQUENT CHECKS ON NEARBY

  STREAMS AND CREEKS UNTIL THIS RAINFALL EVENT IS OVER.



* CAMPERS...HIKERS AND THOSE WITH OUTDOOR INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR

  WATER LEVELS FREQUENTLY...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

  IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR APPEARS IMMINENT.



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