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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1005 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 200 PM EDT



* AT 1000 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS 

STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE COUNTY NEAR BANKFULL AND A NUMBER OF 

ROADS WITH SEVERE URBAN FLOODING. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...TO AFFECT THE COUNTY 

THROUGH LATE MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND 

EASTERN POLK COUNTY...WITH RAINFALL CLOSE TO TWO INCHES EXPECTED AT 

COLUMBUS...CROSS KEYS AND MCGINNIS CROSSROADS. FLASH FLOODING IS 

HIGHLY LIKELY AT THESE LOCATIONS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILL SPRING

  AND LAKE ADGER.



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.



LAT...LON 3517 8239 3518 8216 3521 8195 3538 8208

      3538 8223 3536 8228



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