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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1240 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 330 AM EDT



* AT 1229 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  MORGANTON...OAK HILL...GLEN ALPINE AND GOLD.



AT 1235 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

PERSISTENT SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF BURKE COUNTY. 

THE AREA FROM MORGANTON TO LAKE JAMES HAS RECEIVED TWO INCHES OF 

RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR AND WILL LIKELY RECEIVE ANOTHER INCH OR MORE 

BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF. 



IN PARTICULAR...CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT EMPTY INTO THE CATAWBA 

RIVER...INCLUDING SILVER CREEK...CANOE CREEK...AND WARRIOR 

FORK...WILL EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES AND ARE EXPECTED TO COME OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS. RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ALONG AND NEAR THESE CREEKS SHOULD 

EXPECT FLOODING IN LOW SPOTS.



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 

ATTEMPT TO DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



LAT...LON 3559 8181 3561 8171 3556 8167 3556 8153

      3569 8141 3590 8174 3580 8197 3572 8187



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