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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1002 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS CONTINUED 

THE



* 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 NOON EDT



* AT 950 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE 

RAIN COVERING MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL 

SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 10 AND 11 

AM...EXACERBATING THE FLOODING SITUATION.



* COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTERS REPORT SEVERAL STREAMS ARE OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS IN THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. AS RAINFALL RATES

INCREASE... THE FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BECOME WORSE AND THE DANGER 

OF FLASH FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...AND ROCKSLIDES...WILL INCREASE 

QUICKLY LATE THIS MORNING. FOR SOME AREAS...THIS WILL BECOME A VERY 

SERIOUS AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION.



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.



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