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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

644 PM EDT MON SEP 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 640 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY RAIN       

  FALLING ACROSS A GOOD PART OF TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY.  ALTHOUGH THE   

  AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAIN HAS SHIFTED EAST FOR THE TIME                

  BEING...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 9 PM AT LEAST.



* SOME URBAN FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AROUND ROSMAN.  THE FRENCH   

  BROAD RIVER WAS A FOOT BELOW THE BRIDGE AND RISING...AND COULD     

  REACH NEAR FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING.  ALSO...A MUDSLIDE HAS        

  OCCURRED ALONG PART OF HIGHWAY 64.



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.



WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP OR ROCKY...REMAIN

ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ROCK OR MUD SLIDES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN.



LAT...LON 3527 8294 3504 8304 3508 8282 3513 8265

          3539 8272



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JONES

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