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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1029 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT



* AT 1018 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF POLK COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT IN 

  EXCESS OF 2 INCHES HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THE COUNTY SINCE 9 PM. 

  AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE AREA THIS 

  EVENING...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES APPEAR 

  LIKELY.  



* FLOODING HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING 

  SPOTS ACROSS THE COUNTY. AS HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL...THIS 

  TYPE OF FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD. SEVERE 

  URBAN FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN TRYON AND COLUMBUS. IN 

  ADDITION...THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN CREEKS 

  AND STREAMS ACROSS THE COUNTY OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS AND 

  FLOODING ADJACENT ROADWAYS AND LOWLANDS. THIS INCLUDES TRIBUTARIES 

  OF THE NORTH PACOLET RIVER...SKYUKA CREEK...WOLFE CREEK...AND 

  HORSE 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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