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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

541 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 538 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER WESTERN JACKSON

  COUNTY...JUST EAST OF THE MACON COUNTY LINE ALONG HIGHWAY 441.

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WERE ABOUT TO 

  MOVE INTO THE SAME AREA...AND ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS

  LIKELY BY 630 PM. 



* THE SAVANNAH VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT SAVANNAH 

  CREEK WAS ALREADY OUT OF ITS BANKS. OTHER CREEKS IN THIS AREA

  WILL LIKELY SOON GO INTO FLOOD INCLUDING BETTY BRANCH CREEK AND

  TATHAM CREEK. THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY OF MUD SLIDES IN AREAS

  OF STEEP TERRAIN. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE

  NOT LIMITED TO SYLVA...CULLOWHEE AND BALSAM.



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.



WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP OR ROCKY...REMAIN

ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ROCK OR MUD SLIDES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN.



LAT...LON 3512 8316 3531 8294 3549 8314 3541 8336

      3526 8332



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