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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

536 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SWAIN COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 527 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED WESSER CREEK 

OUT OF ITS BANKS AND THREATENING HOMES IN THE VICINITY OF THE TOWN   

OF WESSER...ADJACENT TO THE NANTAHALA RIVER IN SOUTHWEST SWAIN   

COUNTY. THE TRAINED SPOTTER INDICATED MORE THAN 5 INCHES OF RAIN   

HAD FALLEN NEAR WESSER SINCE MID AFTERNOON. 



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY   

STATIONARY CLUSTER OF STORMS BETWEEN WESSER AND ALMOND. RADAR   ALSO 

INDICATED ADDITIONAL STORMS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE   NORTH...TOWARD 

THE TOWNS OF WESSER AND ALMOND. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL   OF ONE TO TWO 

INCHES COULD AFFECT THE BIG CREEK AND WESSER CREEK   BASINS THROUGH 

MID EVENING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WESSER...

  LUADA AND ALMOND.



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY

DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.





LAT...LON 3527 8367 3528 8349 3543 8350 3543 8354

      3535 8363



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