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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

100 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

  POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 445 PM EDT



* AT 1244 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH    

  FLOODING CONTINUED IN THE LAKE LURE AND CHIMNEY ROCK AREAS...WITH  

  EVACUATIONS UNDERWAY ALONG THE ROCKY BROAD RIVER FROM THE          

  HENDERSON COUNTY LINE TO BILLS CREEK RD. MEANWHILE...NUMEROUS      

  ROADS WERE REPORTED AS BEING UNDERWATER IN POLK COUNTY...          

  ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL       

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA AND     

  WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES   

  ACROSS THE AREA BY MID-AFTERNOON. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IN ADDITION  

  TO WHAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND        

  OVERNIGHT WILL CAUSE EXISTING FLOODING TO WORSEN...WHILE           

  ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP ON OTHER STREAMS    

  AND CREEKS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     



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

  CITY...SPINDALE...RUTHERFORDTON...LAKE LURE AND FOREST CITY.



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.



TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER

SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL

FREE NUMBER...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.



LAT...LON 3554 8184 3553 8221 3521 8236 3519 8189



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