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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

349 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 645 AM EDT



* AT 346 AM EDT...TORRENTIAL RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE       

  PRODUCED LOCALLY IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN EARLY THIS          

  MORNING AROUND THE SOUTH MOUNTAINS VICINITY...AND VERY HEAVY

  RAIN WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTH EAST EASTERN BURKE COUNTY. 



* HEAVY RAIN NEAR PLEASANT GROVE AREA WILL LIKELY CAUSE THE HENRY    

  FORK RIVER TO RISE RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOW ITS BANKS.  FLOODING IN    

  LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ON     

  RIVER ROAD AND WALKER CHAPEL ROAD. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HILDEBRAN   

AND DREXEL.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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.



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LAT...LON 3578 8156 3578 8146 3575 8139 3565 8145

      3561 8150 3556 8152 3555 8155 3556 8158

      3556 8167 3560 8172 3574 8167 3581 8161

      3581 8159



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