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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

605 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  SWAIN COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  GRAHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  MACON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT



* AT 600 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF       

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...EXTENDING FROM THE        

  WESTERN MOUNTAINS IN NORTH CAROLINA...ALL THE WAY THROUGH EAST     

  TENNESSEE...INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND NORTH ALABAMA. MANY OF THESE 

  STORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING.



* THE GRADUAL RISES ON AREA STREAMS WHICH HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT     

  FLOODING OVERNIGHT...WILL BECOME RAPID RISES THIS                  

  MORNING...CREATING VERY DANGEROUS AND RAPIDLY DEVELOPING FLASH     

  FLOODING ALONG SOME MOUNTAIN STREAMS. THE DANGER OF FLASH          

  FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...AND ROCKSLIDES...WILL INCREASE QUICKLY THIS 

  MORNING. FOR SOME AREAS...THIS WILL BECOME A VERY SERIOUS          

  AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION.



MOST FLASH FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED.  SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS 

THIS MORNING SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT.  CAMPERS ALONG STREAMS 

SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  PEOPLE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS 

SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND.  PEOPLE SHOULD 

WATCH DAMS CAREFULLY FOR OVERFLOW AND BREAKS.



THIS REPLACES THE FLOOD WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE SAME 

COUNTIES.



$$

JONES

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