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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

711 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1015 PM EST



* AT 703 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH OVER BUNCOMBE

  COUNTY. COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS HAS ALREADY REPORTED FLOODING OF

  REEMS CREEK NEAR ROUTES 25 AND 70 WEST OF WEAVERVILLE.



* ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL LIKELY WORSEN

  FLOODING PROBLEMS AROUND THE COUNTY. DANGEROUS FLOODING IN AND

  AROUND THE WEAVERVILLE AREA COULD DEVELOP SHORTLY.



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.



WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP OR ROCKY...REMAIN

ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ROCK OR MUD SLIDES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN.



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