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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

958 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

  CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 345 AM EDT



* AT 947 PM EDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL STREAMS AND 

CREEKS NEAR BANKFULL IN BANNER ELK AND ELK PARK. AT 950 

PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATE AREAS OF MODERATE TO 

HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN CROSSNORE TO 

BANNER ELK. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES MAY RANGE FROM A HALF TO INCH 

THROUGH MIDNIGHT.



* THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE THE ELK RIVER TO RISE RAPIDLY IN 

THE BANNER ELK AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE PUCKETT ROAD NEAR 

HIGHWAY 194 TO FLOOD. IN ADDITION...THE SHAWNEEHAW AND WHITEHEAD 

CREEKS MAY RISE RAPIDLY IN THE BANNER ELK AREA.  THIS WILL LIKELY 

CAUSE FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 184...ABOUT ONE HALF MILE EAST OF THE 

TOWN. MUD SLIDES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THE BANNER ELK AND 

HEATON AREAS.



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 3625 8189 3621 8190 3619 8185 3614 8181

      3610 8180 3606 8173 3596 8180 3600 8190

      3587 8202 3609 8226 3609 8207 3613 8204

      3613 8202 3629 8191



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