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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1021 PM EDT WED SEP 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 1009 PM EDT...AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES REPORTED 2.64 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR AT BAILEY CAMP. RADAR CONTINUED 

TO INDICATE THAT A STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF 

THE COUNTY WAS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN IN THIS AREA.



* ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST CALDWELL 

COUNTY ALONG THE HEADWATERS OF THE YADKIN RIVER. THIS WILL CAUSE 

STREAM FLOODING IN THE RICHLAND AND FINLEY COMMUNITIES...AND MAY 

CAUSE MULBERRY CREEK TO FLOOD.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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