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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

407 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT



* AT 405 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM HENDERSONVILLE...WEST

  TO ETOWAH...AND NORTHWEST TO JUST SOUTH OF MILLS RIVER. RADAR      

  ESTIMATED AS MUCH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM         

  THE WESTERN LIMITS OF HENDERSONVILLE...NORTHWEST TO VALLEY HILL 

  AND HORSE SHOE. RADAR TRENDS SUGGESTED THE STORMS WERE MAKING SLOW 

  PROGRESS TO THE SOUTH...BUT WERE ALSO CONTINUING TO DEVELOP TO THE 

  NORTH AND WEST. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED OVER 

  CENTRAL...AND PERHAPS NORTHERN...HENDERSON COUNTY THROUGH EARLY 

  EVENING.



* FLOODING OF LOW LYING...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...CAN BE EXPECTED  

  DURING THE VALID TIME OF THIS WARNING. SHALLOW STREAMS...CREEKS    

  AND RIVERS WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES. SOME 

  STREAMS...ESPECIALLY WASH...MUD AND BRITTAIN CREEKS WILL LIKELY 

  APPROACH BANKFULL...AND MAY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. URBAN FLOODING

  IS LIKELY IN HENDERSONVILLE.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



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