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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

510 PM EDT SUN JUL 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

TORRENTIAL RAIN FROM A STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM NEAR SYLVA. THIS 

RAINFALL WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.



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

  CULLOWHEE AND BALSAM.



AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT A LARGE AREA BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF SYLVA AND BALSAM HAS ALREADY 

RECEIVED OVER TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN. BY 600 PM EDT...AN 

ADDITIONAL INCH TO INCH AND A HALF WILL FALL OVER THE SAME AREA. 

ONGOING RUNOFF AND ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLOODING 

WITHIN THE SCOTT CREEK BASIN. OTHER AREAS...SUCH AS URBAN AND 

LOW-LYING AREAS WILL LIKELY FLOOD AS WELL. 



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

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

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



LAT...LON 3544 8334 3533 8333 3525 8329 3511 8298

      3528 8292 3541 8305 3551 8322



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