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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

706 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 647 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       

  HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING IN TWO AREAS OF SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY...ONE   

  IN AREAS AROUND UNION AND OTTO...AND ANOTHER IN AREAS SOUTH AND    

  WEST OF HIGHLANDS. SLOW MOVING OR STATIONARY SHOWERS AND STORMS    

  WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO AN         

  INCH...AND PERHAPS MORE IN THESE AREAS THROUGH SUNSET.  



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG FLOOD PRONE TRIBUTARIES OF   

  THE LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER BETWEEN UNION AND OTTO...AND WILL ALSO  

  BE POSSIBLE ALONG TRIBUTARIES OF THE CULLASAJA RIVER IN THE        

  VICINITY OF HIGHLANDS. IN ADDITION...MUD AND ROCK SLIDES WILL      

  BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF 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.



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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