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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

320 AM EDT THU SEP 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 615 AM EDT



* AT 320 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM UPTON TO PATTERSON TO 5

  MILES SOUTH OF KINGS CREEK. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEARLY

  STATIONARY.



RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WITH 

NEARLY 3 INCHES IN THE PAST THREE HOURS...IN THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS. 

RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING ALONG THE 

YADKIN RIVER IN PATTERSON...AND ALSO ALONG ZACKS FORK CREEK AND 

BLAIR FORK CREEK NORTH OF LENOIR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS MAY ALSO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

OTHER 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 FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. 

MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR 

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 3584 8139 3597 8134 3611 8165 3594 8176



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