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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

527 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

  TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 511 PM EDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS IN JACKSON COUNTY REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE CASHIERS AREA. FRANK ALLEN ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE 

TO STREAM FLOODING. ALSO...THE CASHIERS POST OFFICE WAS EXPERIENCING 

FLOODING FROM A NEARBY STREAM. IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY...RADAR 

RAINFALL ESTIMATES AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 1 

TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THROUGH 

630 PM...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 

2 INCHES. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PUSH SEVERAL SMALL 

STREAMS AND CREEKS ABOVE BANKFULL ACROSS SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY AND 

TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY.



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

  MOUNTAIN...TUCKASEGEE...LITTLE RIVER...GAY...CEDAR MOUNTAIN AND

  BALSAM GROVE.



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 3537 8300 3532 8297 3528 8290 3531 8284

      3541 8274 3529 8261 3515 8258 3501 8302

      3501 8312 3507 8316 3509 8315 3516 8323

      3523 8322 3522 8327 3529 8331



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