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000 

WGUS52 KGSP 311742

FFWGSP

NCC199-312130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

143 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 530 PM EDT



* AT 140 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS

  AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOVING 

  SLOWLY NORTHWEST INTO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN YANCEY

  COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN VERY HIGH SINCE DAYBREAK...

  WITH MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK REPORTING 6 INCHES OF RAIN

  SINCE 6 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE

  SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PENSACOLA TO BALLEWS STORE...INCLUDING

  ADJACENT CAMPGROUNDS NEAR MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK.



* EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL REPORT NUMEROUS STREAMS IN  

  SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTY NEAR BANKFULL...INCLUDING CANE 

  RIVER NEAR PENSACOLA. ROCK FORK...LOWER AND THE MIDDLE

  FORK OF UPPER CREEK ARE ALSO NEAR BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL

  RAINFALL THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON MAY SEND SOME OF THESE 

  STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS...POSSIBLY FLOODING ROADS

  AND SOME CAMPGROUNDS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



WITH THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...THE RISK OF LANDSLIDES WILL

INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE SLIDES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE

PAST. BE ESPECIALLY ALERT IF YOU ARE NEAR A STREAM...ESPECIALLY AT

THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN OR IN A COVE. WATCH FOR LOOSE MOVING SOIL AND

ROCKS OR A SUDDEN INCREASE IN STREAMFLOW. LEAVE THE AREA QUICKLY IF

THIS IS OBSERVED. WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP

OR ROCKY...WATCH AND LISTEN FOR FALLING ROCKS...MUD...TREES...AND

DEBRIS.



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 3572 8231 3573 8218 3583 8214 3592 8218

      3593 8245 3583 8236



$$



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000 

WGUS52 KGSP 311742

FFWGSP

NCC199-312130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

143 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 530 PM EDT



* AT 140 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS

  AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOVING 

  SLOWLY NORTHWEST INTO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN YANCEY

  COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN VERY HIGH SINCE DAYBREAK...

  WITH MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK REPORTING 6 INCHES OF RAIN

  SINCE 6 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE

  SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PENSACOLA TO BALLEWS STORE...INCLUDING

  ADJACENT CAMPGROUNDS NEAR MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK.



* EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL REPORT NUMEROUS STREAMS IN  

  SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTY NEAR BANKFULL...INCLUDING CANE 

  RIVER NEAR PENSACOLA. ROCK FORK...LOWER AND THE MIDDLE

  FORK OF UPPER CREEK ARE ALSO NEAR BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL

  RAINFALL THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON MAY SEND SOME OF THESE 

  STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS...POSSIBLY FLOODING ROADS

  AND SOME CAMPGROUNDS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



WITH THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...THE RISK OF LANDSLIDES WILL

INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE SLIDES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE

PAST. BE ESPECIALLY ALERT IF YOU ARE NEAR A STREAM...ESPECIALLY AT

THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN OR IN A COVE. WATCH FOR LOOSE MOVING SOIL AND

ROCKS OR A SUDDEN INCREASE IN STREAMFLOW. LEAVE THE AREA QUICKLY IF

THIS IS OBSERVED. WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP

OR ROCKY...WATCH AND LISTEN FOR FALLING ROCKS...MUD...TREES...AND

DEBRIS.



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 3572 8231 3573 8218 3583 8214 3592 8218

      3593 8245 3583 8236



$$



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