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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

458 PM EDT WED APR 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 449 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE 

THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF CELO IN SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTY. THIS STORM 

HAS BEEN CREEPING SLOWLY EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON...DUMPING A LOT OF 

RAIN AND HAIL ACROSS SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTY AS IT DOES SO. RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN CELO 

AND BUSICK. RADAR ALSO SHOWED SCATTERED STORMS MOVING TOWARD THE 

REGION EVEN AS THE MAIN SEVERE STORM DRIFTS AWAY.



RAINFALL OF THE INTENSITY MEASURED WITH THIS STORM WILL LIKELY LEAD 

TO RAPID RISES ON STREAMS AND CREEKS IN SOUTHERN YANCEY 

COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH TOE RIVER IN...AROUND AND DOWNSTREAM 

OF CELO...AS WELL AS THE STILL ROCK AND BIG LOST COVE CREEKS NEAR 

AND AROUND BUSICK. SOME OF THESE STREAMS MAY OVERFLOW THEIR 

BANKS...PERHAPS FLOODING ROADS. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE 

SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



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