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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1207 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 400 AM EDT



* AT 1202 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WESTERN

  PART OF CALDWELL COUNTY...OVER EDGEMONT.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  MORTIMER...COLLETTSVILLE.



HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL IN THE HEADWATERS OF WILSON CREEK 

AT AND ABOVE EDGEMONT. WATER WILL RISE QUICKLY IN WILSON CREEK NEAR 

THE MORTIMER CAMP GROUND...AND THROUGH THE WILSON CREEK 

GORGE...EVENTUALLY REACHING THE BROWN MOUNTAIN BEACH CAMPGROUND 

DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



LAT...LON 3596 8181 3585 8167 3604 8156 3610 8172



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