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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1036 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT



* AT 1030 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY...BETWEEN SWANNANOA

  AND BLACK MOUNTAIN. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF OVER 2 INCHES 

  HAD FALLEN SINCE MID EVENING...WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN

  SIGNIFICANT RISES ON STREAMS...CREEKS AND RIVERS. THE 

  STORMS HAD BEEN SHOWING TRENDS TO REDEVELOP ALONG THE WESTERN

  EDGE OF THE CLUSTER OF STORMS. SHOWERS AND STORMS COULD 

  AFFECT ASHEVILLE AGAIN...AFTER HEAVY RAIN CAUSED SOME 

  URBAN FLOODING EARLIER TUESDAY EVENING. HEAVY RAIN AND SOME

  FLOODING COULD ALSO AFFECT MONTREAT.



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 3559 8252 3555 8252 3550 8233 3547 8224

      3554 8221 3557 8228 3559 8229 3561 8227

      3562 8228 3570 8230 3573 8233 3562 8251



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