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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

142 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS EXTENDED

THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

  NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 400 AM EDT



* AT 130 AM EDT...THANKS TO AROUND 5 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH HAD

  FALLEN FROM EDGEMONT TO JONAS RIDGE...FLOODING HAS OCCURRED

  ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LINVILLE RIVER AND WILSON CREEK 

  DRAINAGE AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UPTON      

  AND EDGEMONT. ADDITIONAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR ALONG

  IRISH CREEK OVERFLOWING PARTS OF FISH HATCHERY ROAD AND

  ALSO POSSIBLY CANOE CREEK ALONG BROWNING VIEW AND FRANK WHISNANT   

  ROADS. 



  FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG PEARCEY AND UPPER CREEKS 

  WILL BE POSSIBLE ON JOHNS RIVER AND BROWN MOUNTAIN BEACH ROADS.



  HEAVY RAIN IN THE GLOBE AREA WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ON RACKETT AND 

  ANTHONY CREEKS AND HEAVY RAIN IN THE MORTIMER AREA WILL CAUSE      

  RAPID RISES ON WILSON CREEK AND IT/S TRIBUTARIES.  



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 3610 8154 3579 8171 3572 8187 3573 8188

      3581 8198 3585 8191 3589 8190 3596 8194

      3598 8191 3596 8180 3605 8173 3610 8179

      3611 8179



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