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000 

WGUS52 KGSP 280101

FFWGSP

NCC089-099-175-280500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

901 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 100 AM EDT



* AT 845 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAIN HAD BEEN FALLING SINCE     

  ABOUT 6 PM ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF THE NORTH CAROLINA          

  MOUNTAINS.  RAINFALL OF ABOUT 2 INCHES HAS BEEN OBSERVED SO        

  FAR...WITH ALREADY SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS STARTING...MAINLY        

  BECAUSE OF DAMAGE FROM EARLIER FLOODING EPISODES.  HOWEVER...RADAR 

  ALSO SHOWED EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL IN BANDS TO THE SOUTH...WHICH 

  WILL MOVE INTO THE MOUNTAINS DURING LATE EVENING.  RAPID RISES     

  WILL OCCUR ON MANY MOUNTAIN STREAMS...AND RATHER SERIOUS FLASH     

  FLOODING WILL BEGIN ANYWHERE FROM CASHIERS...TO                    

  ROSMAN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...AND BAT CAVE.



* ALMOST ALL SMALL STREAMS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE AFFECTED.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR 

OCCURRING.  FLASH FLOODING MEANS RAPID RISES TO FLOOD ALONG 

STREAMS...OR RAPID FILLING OF LOW PLACES ALONG ROADS...OR SEVERE 

URBAN FLOODING WHICH OCCURS QUICKLY.  DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED 

AREAS OR ACROSS FLOODED BRIDGES.  TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3543 8308 3528 8292 3530 8285 3545 8268

      3542 8254 3545 8237 3550 8232 3546 8227

      3539 8227 3528 8235 3519 8236 3521 8239

      3517 8244 3513 8264 3507 8315 3541 8327



$$



JONES

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000 

WGUS52 KGSP 280101

FFWGSP

NCC089-099-175-280500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

901 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 100 AM EDT



* AT 845 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAIN HAD BEEN FALLING SINCE     

  ABOUT 6 PM ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF THE NORTH CAROLINA          

  MOUNTAINS.  RAINFALL OF ABOUT 2 INCHES HAS BEEN OBSERVED SO        

  FAR...WITH ALREADY SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS STARTING...MAINLY        

  BECAUSE OF DAMAGE FROM EARLIER FLOODING EPISODES.  HOWEVER...RADAR 

  ALSO SHOWED EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL IN BANDS TO THE SOUTH...WHICH 

  WILL MOVE INTO THE MOUNTAINS DURING LATE EVENING.  RAPID RISES     

  WILL OCCUR ON MANY MOUNTAIN STREAMS...AND RATHER SERIOUS FLASH     

  FLOODING WILL BEGIN ANYWHERE FROM CASHIERS...TO                    

  ROSMAN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...AND BAT CAVE.



* ALMOST ALL SMALL STREAMS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE AFFECTED.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR 

OCCURRING.  FLASH FLOODING MEANS RAPID RISES TO FLOOD ALONG 

STREAMS...OR RAPID FILLING OF LOW PLACES ALONG ROADS...OR SEVERE 

URBAN FLOODING WHICH OCCURS QUICKLY.  DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED 

AREAS OR ACROSS FLOODED BRIDGES.  TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3543 8308 3528 8292 3530 8285 3545 8268

      3542 8254 3545 8237 3550 8232 3546 8227

      3539 8227 3528 8235 3519 8236 3521 8239

      3517 8244 3513 8264 3507 8315 3541 8327



$$



JONES

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