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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1027 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 1012 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

RAIN FALLING ACROSS NORTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 

AROUND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ALONG MUCH OF THE 

RUTHERFORD...MCDOWELL COUNTY LINE AND NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 

WERE POISED UPSTREAM OF THE COUNTY. TORRENTIAL RAIN IS EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS 

WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL POSSIBLE.



* THE STONEY CREEK BASIN NEAR UNION MILLS HAS SEEN THE MOST RAINFALL 

SO FAR TONIGHT...THOUGH STREAMS COULD QUICKLY BEGIN TO FLOOD JUST 

ABOUT ANYWHERE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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