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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

718 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 704 PM EDT...THE COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED THAT 

LITTLE PINE AND WALNUT CREEK ROADS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE 

COUNTY WERE COVERED BY WATER. WHILE ONLY LIGHT RAIN WAS FALLING OVER 

THE COUNTY AT 7 PM...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN TENNESSEE 

MAY MOVE INTO THE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.



* FLOODING OF STREAMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY CAN BE 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...THOUGH STREAM 

LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY RECEDE. IF HEAVY RAIN MOVES BACK INTO THE 

REGION...THEN THE FLOODING PROBLEM WILL WORSEN.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS 

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR 

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID 

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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