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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

509 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 506 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED STREAMS 

  AND CREEKS RISING RAPIDLY TOWARD BANKFULL IN EXTREME SOUTHERN

  HAYWOOD COUNTY...SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF CRUSO. RAIN GAGES AT 

  DANIEL RIDGE AND WAGON ROAD GAP REPORTED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS FALLEN TODAY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND 

  STORMS MOVING STEADILY NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN HAYWOOD 

  COUNTY...AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL

  ACROSS THAT REGION THROUGH LATE EVENING. HEAVY RAIN WILL

  EVENTUALLY SPREAD NORTHWARD TO WAYNESVILLE AND CANTON...BRINGING 

  THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING TO THOSE LOCATIONS.



  AT 430 PM...A ROCKSLIDE WAS REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 276 IN THE 

  VICINITY OF CAMP HOPE. OCCASIONAL HEAVIER DOWNPOURS THROUGH LATE 

  EVENING WILL ENHANCE THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL ROCKSLIDES OR 

  LANDSLIDES IN THE RUGGED TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY.

  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   

  WAYNESVILLE...WATERVILLE...MAGGIE VALLEY...LAKE 

  JUNALUSKA...CRUSO AND CANTON.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE

SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



IF YOU ARE NEAR A MOUNTAIN ROAD OR IN A STRUCTURE ON A 

MOUNTAINSIDE...YOU SHOULD WATCH FOR LOOSE...OR MOVING...SOIL OR 

ROCKS OR FOR ABRUPT INCREASES IN STREAMFLOW AND LEAVE THE AREA 

QUICKLY IF ANY OF THESE ARE OBSERVED. IF YOU ARE AT THE BASE OF A 

MOUNTAIN...OR DRIVING ALONG MOUNTAIN ROADS...WATCH AND LISTEN 

CAREFULLY FOR THE DANGERS OF FALLING ROCKS OR MUD...TREES AND DEBRIS.



LAT...LON 3582 8294 3564 8286 3555 8278 3541 8276

      3530 8292 3537 8301 3547 8316 3578 8325



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