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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

649 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 628 PM EDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING WAS OCCURRING   

  ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. A SECTION       

  OF PETERSBURG ROAD WAS REPORTED TO BE COVERED WITH 6 FEET OF       

  WATER NEAR THE TOWN OF PETERSBURG DUE TO FLOODING ALONG BONE CAMP  

  CREEK. SOME ROADS IN MARSHALL ARE COVERED WITH WATER AND CLOSED.   

  AT 633 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES AN AREA OF    

  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN LOCATED ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF               

  MARSHALL...MOVING SLOWLY EAST. THIS AREA OF RAIN COULD RESULT IN   

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH ACROSS SOUTHERN   

  PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY THIS EVENING.     



* AS THIS AREA OF RAINFALL MOVES TOWARD THE MARSHALL AREA...         

  ADDITIONAL URBAN FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE CITY. IN         

  ADDITION...FLOOD PRONE TRIBUTARIES OF THE LITTLE PINE AND BIG PINE 

  CREEKS SHOULD BE WATCHED CLOSELY FOR RAPID RISE OF WATER LEVELS.   

  THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ALSO LIKELY LEAD TO FURTHER RISES ON  

  ANY CREEKS ALREADY IN FLOOD. ROCK SLIDES WILL ALSO 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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