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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1200 PM 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

  HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  SWAIN COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  GRAHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  MACON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 400 PM EDT



* AT 1158 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE 

  TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...WITH 

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MOVING EAST FROM SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. THE 

  RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE COULD PRODUCE 

  ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS BY 1 PM.



* COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTERS REPORT NEARLY ALL STREAMS ARE OUT OF 

  THEIR BANKS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. AS RAINFALL 

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

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

  CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FOR SOME AREAS...THIS WILL BECOME 

  A VERY SERIOUS AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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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