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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

254 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT



* AT 254 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SERIES

  OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL AT RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER

  HOUR OVER NORTHEAST CALDWELL COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE

  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH...WITH NEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING JUST TO

  THE WEST.



* AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST OF THE AREA. MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE

  FLOODING ARE THE BUFFALO CREEK AND KINGS CREEK AREA. ROADS THAT

  MAY BE AFFECT ARE ROUTE 268 AND 18.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY

DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.

$$

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