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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

514 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 506 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN MOVING EAST ACROSS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING 

THE COUNTY FROM THE WEST.



* RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL WILL BE COMPOUNDED BY THE ADDITIONAL 

RUNOFF FROM NEW THUNDERSTORMS...CAUSING STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE 

ABOVE BANKFULL. THE MORGANTON AREA WILL BE THE MOST PRONE TO 

FLOODING...SINCE THAT IS WHERE MOST OF THE RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED.



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.



STAY TUNED TO THE MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST 

INFORMATION.

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