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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

800 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL NOON EDT



* AT 755 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN    

  MOVING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.  SHOWERS   

  AND STORMS WERE BEGINNING TO REPEAT OVER THE SAME AREAS IN         

  BUNCOMBE AND MADISON COUNTIES.



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING ALONG SMALL     

  STREAMS AND IN URBAN AREAS.



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.



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

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



$$

JONES

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