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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

706 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1000 PM EST



* AT 705 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ENTERING YANCEY AND MITCHELL 

COUNTIES. UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 

THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED IN THIS AREA...AND ANY ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. 



* LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT THE NOLICHUCKY AND NORTH TOE 

RIVERS...ALONG HIGHWAY 197...WERE ABOUT TO GO OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 

LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE NORTH TOE WHEN IT FLOODS IN THIS AREA 

INCLUDES ALTAPASS...PIGEON ROOST AND HUNTDALE. RESIDENTS OF THE THE 

DUNCAN TRAILER PARK SHOULD ALSO MONITOR THE TOE RIVER AND PREPARE TO 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS GO HIGH ENOUGH.



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.



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 SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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