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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

700 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  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 1100 AM EDT



* AT 655 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF  

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...MOVING ACROSS THE WARNING 

  AREA.  THIS AREA OF STORMS EXTENDED FAR WEST...INTO EAST           

  TENNESSEE.  STORMS WERE CONSTANTLY REDEVELOPING ALONG THE          

  TENNESSEE ALABAMA BORDER...AND MOVING REPEATEDLY INTO THE WARNING  

  AREA.



* THIS WILL LIKELY BE ANOTHER VERY SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD EPISODE       

  TODAY.  MANY STREAMS WERE STILL IN FLOOD FROM YESTERDAYS EXCESSIVE 

  RAINFALL...AND THERE HAVE SOME PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT.    

  COUNTY OFFICIALS THIS MORNING THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY      

  CAUSED SOME ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS...MAINLY FROM MUD AND ROCK         

  SLIDES.  VERY RAPID RISES IN SMALL STREAMS COULD REACH VERY HIGH   

  LEVELS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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 INTO 

FLOODED AREAS...AND STAY AWAY FROM HIGH RUNNING MOUNTAIN STREAMS.



$$

JONES

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