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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

527 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 525 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOWLY

  MOVING THUNDERSTORMS COVERING EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY...AND        

  WESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY...BETWEEN BLACK MOUNTAIN AND OLD FORT...

  AND SOUTH OF OLD FORT TO THE BORDER WITH RUTHERFORD COUNTY.

  THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE FORESTED LAND OF THE PISGAH

  NATIONAL FOREST...WITH RADAR ESTIMATING AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF

  RAIN IN WESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY SINCE EARLY AFTERNOON. NEARLY TWO

  INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE VICINITY OF BLACK MOUNTAIN. THE

  STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD.



* SIGINIFICANT RISES CAN BE EXPECTED ON SHALLOWER STREAMS AND CREEKS

  BETWEEN BLACK MOUNTAIN AND OLD FORT...AS WELL AS IN CAMPGROUND 

  AREAS. CREEKS ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING INCLUDE           

  MILL...NEWBERRY...AND CROOKED CREEKS IN MCDOWELL COUNTY...AND

  CAMP BRANCH AND CEDAR CREEKS IN EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. URBAN 

  FLOODING IS LIKELY IN BLACK MOUNTAIN...AND OLD FORT. STANDING

  WATER IS LIKELY ON INTERSTATE 40.



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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BURRUS

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