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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

325 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 530 PM EDT



* AT 325 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER

  OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE

  PRODUCED TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR.

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA.



* AREAS NEAR WATERVILLE LAKE...AND ALONG UPSTREAM TRIBUTARIES OF THE

  PIGEON RIVER...COULD EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVELS.

  TRAVELERS ON INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN COVE CREEK AND WATERVILLE

  SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAY.



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.



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