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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

837 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT



* AT 835 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       

  HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER THE ROCKY BROAD RIVER BASIN.  EXTREMELY    

  HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE THE ROCKY BROAD RIVER TO FLOOD SEVERAL        

  CAMPGROUNDS NEAR THE LAKE LURE.  CHIMNEY ROCK AND HICKORY NUT      

  GORGE ALONG WITH BAT CAVE CAMPGROUND AREAS ARE ALSO PRONE TO       

  FLOODING ALONG THE ROCKY BROAD RIVER ALONG HIGHWAY 9 AND 74.





EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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