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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

134 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

  EASTERN YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT



* AT 120 PM EDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA.

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT MANY OF THE STREAMS IN THE LOCAL 

AREA SUCH AS BIG CRABTREE AND THE ROCK FORK CREEK WERE AT OR NEAR 

BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS 

WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS NEAR CREEKS AND RIVERS.



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

SWITZERLAND...LEDGER...CELO...BAKERSVILLE AND BANDANA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP OR ROCKY...REMAIN

ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ROCK OR MUD SLIDES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN.



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 3587 8202 3585 8203 3584 8210 3582 8212

      3579 8216 3576 8216 3571 8224 3600 8233

      3607 8213



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