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WGUS52 KGSP 221728

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NCC099-222030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

129 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT



* AT 125 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY RAIN       

  AROUND THE GORGES STATE PARK AREA.  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED MORE THAN  

  4 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR.  ALSO...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THROUGH   

  JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT...THAT TERRIBLE STORM CONDITIONS 

  EXISTED...WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN FOR AN HOUR...ALONG WITH HAIL.



* SMALL STREAMS IN AND AROUND THE PARK AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RISE     

  QUICKLY...AND SOME WILL FLOOD.  ALSO...IN SIMILAR                  

  STORMS...MUDSLIDES HAVE OFTEN OCCURRED.



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.  PEOPLE IN CAMPING 

SITES NEAR SMALL STREAMS SHOULD MOVE AWAY FROM THE STREAMS.



LAT...LON 3546 8331 3551 8325 3549 8316 3542 8307

          3525 8290 3516 8299 3505 8306 3501 8314

          3522 8322 3523 8328 3546 8337



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