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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

343 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 645 PM EDT



* AT 340 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THAT EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL 

  HAS BEEN FALLING AROUND THE BLOWING ROCK AREA SINCE 230 PM.  AS    

  MUCH AS 5 INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN MAY HAVE OCCURRED IN THAT TIME.



* SMALL STREAMS ALONG THE MOUNTAIN SLOPES...TO THE FOOTHILLS AREA OF 

  THE COUNTY...GENERALLY ALONG AND 5 MILES EITHER SIDE OF HIGHWAY    

  321...ARE AT IMMEDIATE RISK FOR DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING.



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 3611 8157 3605 8164 3605 8165 3599 8173

          3602 8176 3606 8173 3611 8179



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