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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

817 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAVIE COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT



* AT 813 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

  SINKING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH. THUNDERSTORMS SO FAR THIS EVENING HAD 

  PRODUCED AS MUCH AS ESTIMATED THAT AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

  IN WESTERN DAVIE COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF SHEFFIELD. THIS  

  WOULD BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO BRING HUNTING...BEAR AND BEAVER 

  CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS. SOME OF THESE CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD

  COVER OR WASH OUT COUNTY ROADS OR PART OF HIGHWAY 64.



* ALTHOUGH STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN THROUGH LATE EVENING...

  ENOUGH RAIN MAY FALL TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ON STREAMS AND 

  CREEKS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WEST OF MOCKSVILLE BETWEEN COOLEEMEE

  AND SHEFFIELD. MODEST RISES ALONG THE YADKIN RIVER DOWNSTREAM TO 

  COOLEEMEE CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT.



NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE 

WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP FOR VEHICLES TO CROSS SAFELY.



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 8065 3590 8071 3584 8066 3580 8056

      3586 8034 3596 8037 3604 8045



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