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WGUS52 KGSP 220252

FFWGSP

NCC175-220545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1052 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 145 AM EDT



* AT 1045 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH    

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR CEDAR MOUNTAIN. THE STORM        

  CAUSING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  ROSMAN AND LAKE TOXAWAY.



AT 1040 PM...THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED THAT EVACUATIONS 

WERE BECOMING NECESSARY ALONG A CREEK AT CEDAR LANE ROAD. EXTREMELY 

HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE AREA WAS CAUSING TREES AND POWER LINES TO 

FALL...APPARENTLY FROM MUDSLIDES. HIGHWAY 276 WAS REPORTED 

FLOODING...AND COULD BE CLOSED. THE LARGE...NEARLY STATIONARY 

THUNDERSTORM...COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO BEGIN IN OTHER SECTIONS 

OF THE COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3522 8290 3505 8303 3517 8258 3542 8272



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