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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1025 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 215 AM EDT



* AT 1010 PM EDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ALONG    

  THE SOUTH TOE RIVER NEAR CELO. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO  

  2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE 8 PM. RADAR TRENDS  

  INDICATE MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA THROUGH  

  11 PM...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH   

  LIKELY OVER THE WARNED AREA.     



* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE THE FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH TOE TO 

  WORSEN...POSSIBLY DEVELOPING AS FAR DOWNSTREAM AS NEWDALE.         

  FLOODING WILL ALSO LIKELY DEVELOP QUICKLY ALONG SOME OF THE        

  TRIBUTARIES OF THE SOUTH TOE...INCLUDING BROWN CREEK AND WHITEOAK  

  CREEK.  

    

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.



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. 



LAT...LON 3574 8220 3582 8211 3599 8222 3592 8233



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