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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

907 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 903 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN CLYDE AND CANTON OVER 

THE PAST HOUR. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL IN THIS AREA FOR THE 

NEXT 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR



* HIGHWAY 110 WAS REPORTED TO BE WATER COVERED ALONG THE PIGEON 

RIVER. MANY STREAMS THAT FEED INTO THE PIGEON RIVER AND THE WEST 

FORK OF THE PIGEON RIVER CAN BE EXPECTED TO LEAVE THEIR BANKS 

SHORTLY. URBAN FLOODING WILL ALSO BE LIKELY IN CANTON.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY

DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 3551 8316 3530 8293 3545 8274 3573 8293



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