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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

916 PM EDT TUE SEP 7 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 902 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED           

  WIDESPREAD FLOODING OCCURRING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...            

  PARTICULARLY IN AREAS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. RADAR ESTIMATES AND    

  RAIN GAUGE REPORTS INDICATE 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED     

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA TODAY.    



* RAINFALL RATES WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS           

  EVENING...AS HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS OVER SOUTH CAROLINA MOVES INTO     

  SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER      

  HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE PARTICULARLY ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE.           

  THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES ALONG STREAMS  

  AND CREEKS THAT ARE ALREADY IN FLOOD...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS AND  

  LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   



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.



WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP OR ROCKY...REMAIN

ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ROCK OR MUD SLIDES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN.



LAT...LON 3518 8175 3515 8254 3544 8272 3558 8168



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