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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

834 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT



* AT 828 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND 

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE COUNTY.

  THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS BEEN IN NORTHEAST MADISON COUNTY IN

  THE LAUREL REGION...WITH ENOUGH RAIN TO SEND SEND BEAR CREEK

  OUT OF ITS BANKS. ADDITIONAL SHALLOW STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD ALSO

  COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS TO FLOOD ROADS AND POTENTIALLY THREATEN 

  PROPERTY. THE PUBLIC REPORTED ROADS FLOODED ROADS DUE

  TO POOR DRAINAGE 3 MILES NORTH OF MARS HILL. ADDIONAL URBAN        

  FLOODING COULD ALSO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN HOT SPRINGS AND MARSHALL.

 



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



LAT...LON 3606 8264 3595 8293 3580 8296 3573 8292

      3567 8285 3585 8242



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