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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

336 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  NORTHEASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT



* AT 330 PM EDT...AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES REPORTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

  ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES AN HOUR... WERE FALLING EAST OF        

  WEAVERVILLE TO MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK. 



* HEAVY RAIN IN PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES IN     

  WATER LEVELS ALONG BALD MOUNTAIN CREEK NEAR LEWISBURG AND BIG      

  LOST COVE CREEK NEAR MOUNT MITCHELL, LOWER AND UPPER CREEKS AND THE   

  CANE RIVER.  IN THE BARNARDSVILLE AREA FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR

  ALONG THE IVY RIVER AND DILLINGHAM CREEK. 





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.



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