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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

832 AM EDT THU SEP 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT



* AT 830 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AFFECTING MITCHELL COUNTY FROM BAKERSVILLE

  SOUTH THROUGH SPRUCE PINE TO ALTAPASS. COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT

  REPORTED FLOODING ALONG THE NORTH TOE RIVER IN THE VICINITY

  OF ALTAPASS...ON CARPENTER ISLAND ROAD. ONE PUBLIC BRIDGE

  ON CARPENTER ISLAND ROAD WAS COVERED BY WATER...AS WELL

  AS ONE PRIVATE BRIDGE. 



  THROUGH LATE MORNING...ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY ON

  TRIBUTARIES OF THE NORTH TOE RIVER BETWEEN SPRUCE PINE AND

  THE BORDER WITH MCDOWELL COUNTY TO THE SOUTH...INCLUDING ROSE      

  CREEK...PEPPER CREEK AND THE EAST FORK GRASSY CREEK. WAVES OF

  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY LINGER OR REDEVELOP AND

  MOVE LITTLE AT ALL...DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF ANY 

  RAINFALL ELEMENTS.

  

TO REPORT FLOODING... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



LAT...LON 3590 8214 3582 8214 3586 8205 3589 8195

      3592 8203 3600 8207 3599 8219



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