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WGUS52 KGSP 270501

FFWGSP

NCC087-271045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1 AM EDT TUE JUL 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 645 AM EDT



* AT 1248 AM EDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS 

REPORTED MOST OF THE CREEKS IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY 

WERE AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL. THIS INCLUDES PLOTT... HYATT... 

RICHLAND...AND ALLEN CREEKS. SEVERAL ROAD BRIDGES ACROSS THESE 

CREEKS HAVE WATER FLOWING OVER THEM. IN ADDITION...FLOODING HAS BEEN 

REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF PRIDE RESORT ALONG JONATHAN CREEK. 

EVACUATIONS ARE CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE. 



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

  JUNALUSKA...MAGGIE VALLEY AND CANTON.



THIS AREA ALREADY EXPERIENCED FLOODING SUNDAY NIGHT. WITH SOILS 

STILL SATURATED FROM THE PREVIOUS RAINFALL...MOST OF THE RAIN THIS 

EVENING WILL RUN OFF INTO CREEKS AND STREAMS. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED 

ACROSS THE SAME AREAS THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL FLOODING 

PROBLEMS EXPECTED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL TRIGGER ROCK AND MUD SLIDES...ESPECIALLY IN 

HIGHER TERRAIN. 



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 3569 8321 3550 8315 3534 8295 3554 8278

      3577 8298



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LAMB/NED

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000 

WGUS52 KGSP 270501

FFWGSP

NCC087-271045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1 AM EDT TUE JUL 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 645 AM EDT



* AT 1248 AM EDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS 

REPORTED MOST OF THE CREEKS IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY 

WERE AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL. THIS INCLUDES PLOTT... HYATT... 

RICHLAND...AND ALLEN CREEKS. SEVERAL ROAD BRIDGES ACROSS THESE 

CREEKS HAVE WATER FLOWING OVER THEM. IN ADDITION...FLOODING HAS BEEN 

REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF PRIDE RESORT ALONG JONATHAN CREEK. 

EVACUATIONS ARE CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE. 



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

  JUNALUSKA...MAGGIE VALLEY AND CANTON.



THIS AREA ALREADY EXPERIENCED FLOODING SUNDAY NIGHT. WITH SOILS 

STILL SATURATED FROM THE PREVIOUS RAINFALL...MOST OF THE RAIN THIS 

EVENING WILL RUN OFF INTO CREEKS AND STREAMS. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED 

ACROSS THE SAME AREAS THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL FLOODING 

PROBLEMS EXPECTED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL TRIGGER ROCK AND MUD SLIDES...ESPECIALLY IN 

HIGHER TERRAIN. 



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 3569 8321 3550 8315 3534 8295 3554 8278

      3577 8298



$$



LAMB/NED

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