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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

430 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS EXTENDED 

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* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT



* AT 430 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL

  THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTHERN

  CALDWELL COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS

  THE AREA ALREADY HIT HARD BY GREATER THAN 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE

  PAST 2 TO 3 HOURS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER

  THE SAME LOCATION FROM PATTERSON TO KINGS CREEK MAY PRODUCE AN

  ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN.



* FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING ON GRANDIN ROAD AT KINGS CREEK.

  ADDITIONAL STREAM FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP...WHICH MAY BECOME

  WIDESPREAD AND SERIOUS BY 6 PM. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CAN

  BE EXPECTED FROM BUFFALO CREEK TO KINGS CREEK AND FROM ROUTE 268

  TO ROUTE 18 IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY.



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.



WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP OR ROCKY...REMAIN

ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ROCK OR MUD SLIDES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN.

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