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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

943 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT



* AT 940 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY...BETWEEN MARION AND THE 

BORDER WITH RUTHERFORD COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS BEEN IN THE 

VICINITY OF SUGAR HILL...AND THE MONTFORD COVE. THE RAIN WILL LINGER 

THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.



STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE RISING RAPIDLY IN THIS PART OF MCDOWELL 

COUNTY. FLOODING HAD BEEN OBSERVED IN THE SUGAR HILL HEIGHTS

AREA...ALTHOUGH IT WAS UNCLEAR WHETHER A CREEK WAS CAUSING THIS OR 

WATER HAD PONDED. OTHER AREAS OF FLOODING ARE LIKELY DURING THE TIME 

OF THIS WARNING.



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 



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000 

WGUS52 KGSP 130143

FFWGSP

NCC111-130345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

943 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT



* AT 940 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY...BETWEEN MARION AND THE 

BORDER WITH RUTHERFORD COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS BEEN IN THE 

VICINITY OF SUGAR HILL...AND THE MONTFORD COVE. THE RAIN WILL LINGER 

THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.



STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE RISING RAPIDLY IN THIS PART OF MCDOWELL 

COUNTY. FLOODING HAD BEEN OBSERVED IN THE SUGAR HILL HEIGHTS

AREA...ALTHOUGH IT WAS UNCLEAR WHETHER A CREEK WAS CAUSING THIS OR 

WATER HAD PONDED. OTHER AREAS OF FLOODING ARE LIKELY DURING THE TIME 

OF THIS WARNING.



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 



$$

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