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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1052 PM EDT MON JUL 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 430 AM EDT



* AT 1050 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR        

INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE WESTERN HALF 

OF MADISON COUNTY. THIS BAND WILL SLOWLY PUSH EAST AND WILL ALLOW 

PERSISTENT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN TO AFFECT THE COUNTY. 

AT 1050 PM EDT...RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN HALF TO INCH 

AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH HAS ALREADY FALLEN FROM SPRING CREEK 

TO WALNUT TO RICHLAND MOUNTAIN.



AS RAINFALL AND RUNOFF CONTINUES LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS 

WILL STEADILY RISE...ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE LITTLE LAUREL AND BIG 

CREEK AREAS. IN ADDITION...THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY 

TRIGGER MUD AND ROCK SLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. BY MIDNIGHT...A LARGE 

PORTION OF THE COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL INCH TO 

INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY SPREAD 

THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT FURTHER EAST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING 

HOURS.    



DRIVING IN MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AT NIGHT WILL MAKE IT HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DEPTH OF THE WATER COVERING THE ROAD...TURN AROUND IF 

YOU ENCOUNTER ANY WATER.



WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP OR ROCKY...REMAIN

ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ROCK OR MUD SLIDES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN.



LAT...LON 3590 8291 3575 8272 3592 8249 3608 8266



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