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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

101 AM EDT THU SEP 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  NORTHERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 400 AM EDT



* AT 101 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED

  TO INDICATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING

  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM CROSSNORE TO JONAS RIDGE TO INGALLS.

  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHWEST. LOCAL LAW

  ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO INDICATE THAT FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES

  ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AVERY COUNTY.



FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN THE LINVILLE RIVER BASIN...AND WILL 

LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG MILL TIMBER CREEK. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS 

STORM WILL ALSO LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF OTHER 

CREEKS...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. DO NOT DRIVE 

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 3600 8178 3596 8181 3594 8178 3592 8178

      3584 8190 3589 8190 3596 8194 3594 8196

      3591 8195 3591 8199 3594 8203 3609 8208

      3619 8190



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