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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1011 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

  BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

  CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

  MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 415 AM EDT THURSDAY



* AT 1004 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED

  AREA. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE AREA FROM        

  THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL       

  SATURATE THE GROUND AND RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND CREEKS...CAUSING   

  WATER LEVELS TO RAPIDLY RISE.



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

  EDGEMONT...TABLE ROCK...SAWMILLS...MILLERSVILLE...HIDDENITE AND

  CAJAHS MOUNTAIN.



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.



&&



LAT...LON 3612 8153 3606 8140 3600 8132 3603 8125

      3604 8102 3599 8100 3580 8108 3582 8117

      3579 8134 3560 8150 3560 8212 3570 8227

      3574 8218 3584 8210 3587 8199 3594 8196

      3600 8189 3596 8181 3605 8173 3609 8175



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