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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

916 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS EXTENDED

THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

  TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 315 AM EDT WEDNESDAY



* AT 904 PM EDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY REPORTED 

SEVERAL ROADS ALONG THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER FROM ROSMAN TO BREVARD 

REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. AT 905 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

RADAR DETECTED A CLUSTER OF MODERATE SHOWERS ALONG THE TRANSYLVANIA 

JACKSON COUNTY LINE. THESE SHOWERS ARE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. AN 

ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL ACROSS SOUTHERN JACKSON AND 

TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES BY 1030 PM. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAINTAIN 

CURRENT FLOODING AND COULD LEAD TO NEW FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS 

AND CREEKS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RUNOFF MAY TRIGGER MUD SLIDES ON 

STEEP TERRAIN.



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.



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 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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