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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

330 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 630 AM EDT



* AT 323 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND 

EASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY OVER THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 

AROUND 2 INCHES IS LIKELY IN THE FLOOD PRONE URBAN AREAS OF FOREST 

CITY AND RUTHERFORDTON.



* SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE FOREST 

CITY AND RUTHERFORDTON AREAS. OTHER FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS IS 

POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REST OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE 

COUNTY.



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 DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 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 3519 8177 3520 8197 3524 8196 3525 8197

      3551 8199 3553 8188 3553 8186 3555 8173



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