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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

428 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MACON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 428 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF

  FRANKLIN TO NEAR HIGHLANDS...PRODUCING RAINFALL AT RATES IN EXCESS

  OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. RAINFALL RATES OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LIKELY

  PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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

  TO...RAINBOW SPRINGS...OTTO...SCALY AND HIGHLANDS.



FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY LIKELY IN THE HIGHLANDS AREA ALONG THE 

CULLASAJA RIVER AND BIG CREEK. HIKERS AND CAMPERS SHOULD EXPECT 

RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS ON LOCAL STREAMS.



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

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

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

FLOODED ROADWAYS. VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD 

WATERS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN 

STEEP TERRAIN.



LAT...LON 3526 8332 3521 8327 3522 8326 3520 8323

      3516 8323 3508 8315 3506 8317 3504 8350

      3517 8366



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