

000 

WGUS52 KGSP 270101

FFWGSP

NCC121-199-270400-

/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0024.080827T0101Z-080827T0400Z/

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



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

901 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...  

  YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 824 PM EDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING AND HIGH WATER

  CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG 197 SOUTH...

  THROUGHOUT THE NEWDALE VICINITY AND ALONG THE SOUTH TOE RIVER 

  FROM CELO AND POINTS DOWNSTREAM. 



* THE SOUTH TOE RIVER GAGE AT CELO WAS ABOVE 6.5 FEET AND RISING.

  AT 8 FEET...SIDE ROADS ALONG THE RIVER INCLUDING ROCK CREEK...IVY  

  HILL RIDGE AND HALLS CHAPEL ROAD...ALONG WITH HIGHWAY 80 WILL      

  FLOOD.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEDGER...  

CELO AND BANDANA.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 8203 3584 8207 3584 8210 3579 8216

      3577 8216 3574 8218 3572 8221 3570 8226

      3580 8231 3588 8227 3602 8245 3608 8226



$$

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000 

WGUS52 KGSP 270101

FFWGSP

NCC121-199-270400-

/O.NEW.KGSP.FF.W.0024.080827T0101Z-080827T0400Z/

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



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

901 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...  

  YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 824 PM EDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING AND HIGH WATER

  CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG 197 SOUTH...

  THROUGHOUT THE NEWDALE VICINITY AND ALONG THE SOUTH TOE RIVER 

  FROM CELO AND POINTS DOWNSTREAM. 



* THE SOUTH TOE RIVER GAGE AT CELO WAS ABOVE 6.5 FEET AND RISING.

  AT 8 FEET...SIDE ROADS ALONG THE RIVER INCLUDING ROCK CREEK...IVY  

  HILL RIDGE AND HALLS CHAPEL ROAD...ALONG WITH HIGHWAY 80 WILL      

  FLOOD.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEDGER...  

CELO AND BANDANA.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 8203 3584 8207 3584 8210 3579 8216

      3577 8216 3574 8218 3572 8221 3570 8226

      3580 8231 3588 8227 3602 8245 3608 8226



$$

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