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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

212 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 515 AM EDT



* AT 210 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  COLLETTSVILLE AND EDGEMONT.



AT 215 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE 

AREA OF PERSISTENT MODERATE RAIN COVERING MOST OF CALDWELL COUNTY. 

ABOUT THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLIER THIS PAST EVENING IN THE 

HEADWATERS OF WILSON CREEK NEAR EDGEMONT. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN COULD 

FALL ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS 

OFF.



FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN THE WILSON CREEK GORGE AND 

AROUND BROWN MOUNTAIN BEACH. OTHER REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN 

RECEIVED ALONG THE JOHNS RIVER NEAR COLLETTSVILLE. WITH THE 

PERSISTENT RAIN...THE FLOODING ALONG WILSON CREEK AND THE JOHNS 

RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES WILL NOT IMPROVE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 

RESIDENTS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY ALONG THESE STREAMS 

SHOULD MONITOR THE WATER LEVELS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND WHEN 

THREATENED.



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 3596 8181 3583 8164 3597 8153 3604 8175



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