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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

534 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL SWAIN COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 830 AM EDT



* AT 529 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL OVER WESTERN SWAIN COUNTY...IN THE   

WESTERN PART OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK. MORE HEAVY      

RAINFALL WAS ARRIVING FROM EAST TENNESSEE. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 

OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNING AREA.



* STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WESTERN PART OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS   

NATIONAL PARK WILL RISE OVER THEIR BANKS EARLY THIS MORNING. THE 

MOST VULNERABLE CREEKS WILL BE MOORE SPRINGS BRANCH CREEK... 

TWENTYMILE CREEK...AND EKANEETLE CREEK.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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