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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

827 PM EDT TUE AUG 31 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT



* AT 814 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR WOODLAWN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES

  NORTHWEST OF MARION. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS        

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AROUND THE 

  AREA FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO.  RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE   

  AS MUCH AS 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE AROUND 5 PM.    

  THE ARMSTRONG CREEK AND ITS SMALL FEEDER CREEKS WILL HAVE THE MAIN 

  FLASH FLOOD THREAT.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3590 8199 3581 8213 3571 8222 3565 8215

      3582 8189



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