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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

548 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 545 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR TORRENTIAL RAIN

  ALONG A LINE RUNNING FROM CANTON SOUTHWEST TO NEAR SUNBURST. RADAR

  ESTIMATED THAT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE UPPER 

  REACHES OF THE WEST FORK OF THE PIGEON RIVER. FLOODING OF STREAMS 

  THAT FEED INTO THE RIVER IS LIKELY TO BEGIN AT ANY TIME. THIS COULD

  ALSO AFFECT STATE ROUTE 215 AND HIGHWAY 276.



* RADAR ALSO INDICATED TORRENTIAL  RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST

  PART OF THE COUNTY IN THE SMOKY  MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...ALONG BIG

  CREEK. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

  THIS AREA...AND CAMPERS ALONG BIG CREEK SHOULD HEAD TO HIGHER 

  GROUND NOW.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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 3536 8298 3531 8289 3541 8274 3559 8282

          3579 8295 3573 8325 3549 8313



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