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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

100 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 500 AM EDT



* AT 100 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE WARNED

  AREA.



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

  AND HOT SPRINGS.



RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE PAST THREE 

HOURS IN MADISON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS 

WILL MOVE NORTHWARD OVER MADISON COUNTY OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS. 

BANKFULL CONDITIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ON THE SPRING CREEK 

AND LITTLE PINE CREEK...AND THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY 

PRODUCE FLOODING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. FLOODING IS 

ESPECIALLY LIKELY ALONG ROUTE 63 NEAR LUCK.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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. TURN AROUND AND FIND 

ANOTHER ROUTE.



LAT...LON 3569 8290 3571 8268 3655 8272 3653 8305



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