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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1052 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 145 AM EDT



* AT 1050 PM EDT...THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN 

MORGANTON AND SALEM AREAS. STREAMS WERE AT BANKFULL AND PONDING OF 

WATER ON ROADWAYS WAS OCCURRING. FLOOD PRONE AREAS THAT WILL LIKELY 

FLOOD INCLUDE CANOE AND HOWARD CREEKS IN MORGANTON. OTHER AREAS THAT 

WILL BE EFFECTED ARE THE LINVILLE GORGE AREA. 



* ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE NEXT HOUR. AND 

WILL CAUSE STREAMS TO OVER FLOW THEIR BANKS AND CAUSE MINOR 

FLOODING. 



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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