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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN

1134 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...ANDREWS...

  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAYESVILLE...



* UNTIL 230 AM EDT



* AT 1126 PM 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 VIOLET...

  UNAKA...TOPTON...MARBLE AND HIAWASSE DAM.



THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAVE GENERATED TWO TO 

THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO 

INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS 

OCCURRED ALONG THE HIWASSEE RIVER AND WILL SCOTT CREEK.



IF YOU ARE IN THE MOUNTAINS...REMEMBER THAT MOUNTAIN STREAMS FLOW

FAST, AND THE WATER CAN RISE WITHOUT WARNING. GET AWAY FROM MOUNTAIN

STREAMS NOW AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED OR

CLOSED ROAD...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING

SITUATION. IF YOU HEAR A SUDDEN ROARING SOUND UPSTREAM...GET OUT OF

THE WATER NOW THE FLOOD WAVE MAY BE UPON YOU.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3499 8432 3522 8429 3527 8422 3524 8418

      3524 8413 3529 8403 3524 8400 3521 8396

      3524 8385 3524 8373 3525 8370 3514 8372

      3515 8365 3499 8351



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