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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

530 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 530 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER

  OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG THE

  ESCARPMENT IN NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS

  WERE ANCHORED ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE AND WERE MOVING VERY LITTLE.

  RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR OVER THE

  AFFECTED AREA.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG DIXON CREEK...RACKET

  CREEK...AND CURTIS CREEK THROUGH 730 PM. HIGH WATER CONDITIONS

  COULD ALSO RENDER ROADWAYS IMPASSABLE NEAR THESE STREAMS. HEAVY

  RAINFALL COULD ALSO PRODUCE MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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.



LAT...LON 3613 8151 3603 8139 3597 8180 3611 8176



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