

000 

WGUS72 KGSP 090019

FFSGSP

NCC099-090115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

818 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR JACKSON

COUNTY...



COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT THAT CULLOWHEE MOUNTAIN CREEK IS OUT OF ITS 

BANKS AND HAS CLOSED CULLOWHEE MOUNTAIN ROAD. WATER AND MUD HAS ALSO 

BEEN REPORTED ON ROADS IN THE TUCKASEGEE AREA.



AT 815 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAIN OVER THE 

EXTREME WESTERN PART OF JACKSON COUNTY...WEST OF WHERE THE FLOODING 

HAS BEEN REPORTED. THE RAIN HAS MADE LITTLE EASTWARD PROGRESS AND IT 

PROBABLY WILL NOT AFFECT AREAS AROUND CULLOWHEE AND TUCKASEGEE THAT 

EARLIER SAW THE HEAVIEST RAIN. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS COULD REDEVELOP OVER THE AREA AT ANY TIME.



PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY CAMPERS...SHOULD MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND NOW...DO NOT DELAY. WATER MAY RISE TOO QUICKLY FOR YOU

TO GET OUT OF DANGER LATER.



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

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



$$

MCAVOY



000 

WGUS72 KGSP 090019

FFSGSP

NCC099-090115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

818 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR JACKSON

COUNTY...



COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT THAT CULLOWHEE MOUNTAIN CREEK IS OUT OF ITS 

BANKS AND HAS CLOSED CULLOWHEE MOUNTAIN ROAD. WATER AND MUD HAS ALSO 

BEEN REPORTED ON ROADS IN THE TUCKASEGEE AREA.



AT 815 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAIN OVER THE 

EXTREME WESTERN PART OF JACKSON COUNTY...WEST OF WHERE THE FLOODING 

HAS BEEN REPORTED. THE RAIN HAS MADE LITTLE EASTWARD PROGRESS AND IT 

PROBABLY WILL NOT AFFECT AREAS AROUND CULLOWHEE AND TUCKASEGEE THAT 

EARLIER SAW THE HEAVIEST RAIN. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS COULD REDEVELOP OVER THE AREA AT ANY TIME.



PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY CAMPERS...SHOULD MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND NOW...DO NOT DELAY. WATER MAY RISE TOO QUICKLY FOR YOU

TO GET OUT OF DANGER LATER.



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

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



$$

MCAVOY



000 

WGUS72 KGSP 090019

FFSGSP

NCC099-090115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

818 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR JACKSON

COUNTY...



COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT THAT CULLOWHEE MOUNTAIN CREEK IS OUT OF ITS 

BANKS AND HAS CLOSED CULLOWHEE MOUNTAIN ROAD. WATER AND MUD HAS ALSO 

BEEN REPORTED ON ROADS IN THE TUCKASEGEE AREA.



AT 815 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAIN OVER THE 

EXTREME WESTERN PART OF JACKSON COUNTY...WEST OF WHERE THE FLOODING 

HAS BEEN REPORTED. THE RAIN HAS MADE LITTLE EASTWARD PROGRESS AND IT 

PROBABLY WILL NOT AFFECT AREAS AROUND CULLOWHEE AND TUCKASEGEE THAT 

EARLIER SAW THE HEAVIEST RAIN. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS COULD REDEVELOP OVER THE AREA AT ANY TIME.



PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY CAMPERS...SHOULD MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND NOW...DO NOT DELAY. WATER MAY RISE TOO QUICKLY FOR YOU

TO GET OUT OF DANGER LATER.



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

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



$$

MCAVOY

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