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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

742 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT



* AT 742 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

  SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE BAT CAVE AREA IN NORTHEAST

  HENDERSON COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL

  RAINFALL OVER THE HEADWATERS OF THE ROCKY BROAD RIVER. FLASH

  FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP IN THE HICKORY NUT GORGE...AND ALONG

  STREAMS AND CREEK NEAR LAKE LURE.

   

* CAMPERS ALONG THE ROCKY BROAD RIVER SHOULD ABANDON THEIR CAMPSITES

  IMMEDIATELY AND HEAD TO HIGHER GROUND.

 

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. TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR 

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD MOVE 

AWAY FROM ALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.



LAT...LON 3552 8219 3551 8211 3552 8203 3554 8201

      3552 8198 3552 8191 3529 8189 3531 8203

      3540 8214 3540 8225 3545 8228



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