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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

806 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  NORTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 757 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       

  HEAVY CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS THE BUNCOMBE... HENDERSON           

  COUNTY LINE. RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WAS OCCURRING

  IN THE HEADWATERS OF MILLS RIVER. 



* THE HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH MILLS RIVER AND CANE CREEK

  WILL LIKELY EFFECT THE NORTH AND SOUTH MILLS RIVER ROADS AND MAY   

  CAUSE FLOODING.   IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY... THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LEAD   

  TO SOME STREET FLOODING IN THE TOWNS OF SKYLAND AND ROYAL PINES.   

  OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS ARE ALONG BENT CREEK AND HIGHWAYS 2...     

  191 AND 25.  



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 THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



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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