

000 

WGUS52 KGSP 261604

FFWGSP

NCC111-161-261900-

/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0016.080826T1604Z-080826T1900Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1204 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...   

  NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT



* AT 1154 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 

FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA. DEEP PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS 

ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 70 WAS BEING REPORTED. STREAMS SUCH AS BUFFALO 

...TAYLOR...BRADLEY AND CROOKED WERE AT OR NEAR BANKFULL. OTHER LOW 

LYING AREAS NEAR LAKE LURE WILL LIKELY HAVE FLOODING. 

 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

MARION...LAKE LURE AND OLD FORT.



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS INEFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.



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 3584 8195 3582 8196 3580 8199 3578 8196

      3534 8199 3537 8211 3540 8214 3539 8218

      3541 8227 3552 8221 3553 8217 3559 8228

      3569 8228 3572 8221 3582 8212



$$

PAT



000 

WGUS52 KGSP 261604

FFWGSP

NCC111-161-261900-

/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0016.080826T1604Z-080826T1900Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1204 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN AND CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...   

  NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT



* AT 1154 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 

FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA. DEEP PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS 

ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 70 WAS BEING REPORTED. STREAMS SUCH AS BUFFALO 

...TAYLOR...BRADLEY AND CROOKED WERE AT OR NEAR BANKFULL. OTHER LOW 

LYING AREAS NEAR LAKE LURE WILL LIKELY HAVE FLOODING. 

 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

MARION...LAKE LURE AND OLD FORT.



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS INEFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.



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 3584 8195 3582 8196 3580 8199 3578 8196

      3534 8199 3537 8211 3540 8214 3539 8218

      3541 8227 3552 8221 3553 8217 3559 8228

      3569 8228 3572 8221 3582 8212



$$

PAT

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