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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

555 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MACON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT



* AT 545 PM EDT...AN AUTOMATED RIVER GAGE ON THE CULLASAJA RIVER 

NEAR HIGHLANDS REPORTED THE STAGE AT 9.2 FEET. AT 9 FEET...RIVER 

ROAD 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKLIN WILL FLOOD ALONG THE CULLASAJA 

RIVER. THE CULLASAJA RIVER WILL LIKELY CREST ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE 

OF 10 FEET. AT 545 PM...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTS SEVERAL SMALL 

STREAMS AND CREEKS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE COUNTY ABOVE 

BANKFULL...RESULTING IN MINOR FLOODING. THROUGH 7 PM...AN ADDITION 

QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS 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 3527 8368 3531 8334 3500 8312 3499 8352

      3501 8353 3504 8356 3505 8356 3514 8366

      3514 8370 3516 8373



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