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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1257 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 400 AM EDT



* AT 1255 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTH 

  COVE...WOODLAWN...TOMS CREEK...AND MARION.



AT 1255 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN FALLING FROM SLOW MOVING PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS OVER 

NORTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF MCDOWELL COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 

NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE COUNTY 

SINCE MIDNIGHT. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE 

RAIN TAPERS OFF.



THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE RAPID RISES ON CREEKS AND 

STREAMS. IN PARTICULAR...NORTH MUDDY CREEK...TOMS CREEK...AND OTHER 

CREEKS THAT DRAIN INTO THE NORTH FORK OF THE CATAWBA RIVER...WILL 

SEE RAPID RISES. PEOPLE THAT LIVE NEAR THESE CREEKS SHOULD EXPECT 

THE CREEKS TO COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



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. 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 3562 8214 3562 8183 3572 8187 3581 8200

      3586 8191 3593 8193 3579 8216



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