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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

413 AM EDT SAT AUG 23 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 600 AM EDT



* AT 410 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN FALLING ACROSS NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 

BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE EXTREME NORTHERN 

PART OF THE COUNTY IN ABOUT AN HOURS TIME. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUED OVER THIS AREA...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

COULD FALL IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.



* RAINFALL OF THIS INTENSITY WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ALONG THE 

NORTHERN PART OF BIG ROCK CREEK...AS WELL AS THE SMALL STREAMS THAT 

FEED BIG ROCK CREEK IN EXTREME NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY. STATE 

HIGHWAY 226 RUNS THROUGH THIS AREA.



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.



LAT...LON 3609 8239 3597 8220 3602 8206 3610 8208

          3615 8225



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