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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1113 PM EDT SAT SEP 21 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SWAIN COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 215 AM EDT



* AT 1105 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

RAIN FALLING OVER MUCH OF SWAIN COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OVER 

THE COUNTY FOR THE PAST 2 TO 3 HOURS...AND RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 

3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SWAIN COUNTY 

SO FAR.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL AND 

NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

STREAMS IN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS 

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR 

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS ALONG 

STREAMS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.



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