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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

216 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  NORTHERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 515 PM EDT



* AT 202 PM...AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES REPORTED OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN 

PER HOUR FALLING BETWEEN JONAS RIDGE AND BAILEY CAMP.    



* FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP NEAR LINVILLE...NORTH HARPER 

CREEK...AND AROUND THE PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST. MORTIMER 

CAMPGROUND...ALONG WILSON CREEK...COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING. HEAVY 

RAIN MAY CAUSE ROADS TO FLOOD...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THE OUTWARD 

BOUND CAMP AND ALONG HIGHWAY 181.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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 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.



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