

000 

WGUS52 KGSP 010654

FFWGSP

NCC099-175-010945-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

254 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  EXTREME SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 545 AM EDT



* AT 240 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT MORE THAN

  5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE AROUND MIDNIGHT.  NEW STORM CELLS

  FORMING SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA...WILL MOVE IN AND CAUSE THE RAINFALL

  TO BECOME EXCESSIVE VERY SOON.

  

* FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT ON MANY SMALL STREAMS FROM LAKE TOXAWAY WEST

  TOWARD CASHIERS...AND SOUTH TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LINE.  PEOPLE IN

  CAMPING AREAS NEAR SMALL STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK FROM RAPIDLY

  RISING FLASH FLOODING.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3525 8280 3509 8271 3500 8315 3513 8316



$$

JONES

