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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1020 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT



* AT 1016 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SHOWER WITH VERY HEAVY 

RAIN EXTENDING FROM NEAR HAYESVILLE NORTH TO THE CHEROKEE COUNTY 

LINE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING INTO ROCKHOUSE CREEK, FIRES 

CREEK, AND THE HIWASSEE RIVER. RAIN RATES OF BETWEEN 1.75 AND 2 

INCHES PER HOUR ARE COMMON IN THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS.



THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TURN

AROUND DONT DROWN NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A

SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3502 8376 3500 8376 3500 8396 3504 8395

      3513 8384 3514 8374 3513 8373 3514 8371

      3513 8370



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