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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

603 PM EDT SAT AUG 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 559 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN BURKE COUNTY...FROM MORGANTON...OVER TO 

THE ICARD AREA...AND THE CATAWBA COUNTY BORDER. AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN WAS INDICATED BY RADAR IN THE PAST HOUR OR SO.



* ROADS...CREEKS...AND OTHER SMALL STREAMS WILL FLOOD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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JONES

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