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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1157 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

  WESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

  EASTERN YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 245 AM EDT



* AT 1148 PM EDT...THE RIVER GAGE AT CELO WAS AT 8.2 FEET...         

  INDICATIVE OF ONGOING FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH TOE RIVER AND IT/S  

  TRIBUTARIES ALONG HIGHWAY 80. OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS...RAINFALL     

  ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS HAVE       

  OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE WARNED AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH

  OR TWO POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. BE WARY IF YOU ARE ALONG OR NEAR THE

  BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT OVERNIGHT AS MUDSLIDES REMAIN A THREAT.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODLAWN...

  MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK...LEDGER...CELO AND BANDANA.



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.



LAT...LON 3608 8225 3588 8203 3591 8195 3593 8196

      3595 8194 3588 8190 3583 8193 3580 8199

      3572 8188 3569 8206 3553 8208 3553 8218

      3558 8228 3571 8227 3579 8234 3588 8227

      3596 8237



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