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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

620 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THAT NEARLY THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ON THE EAST SIDE OF 

HENDERSONVILLE IN THE PAST HOUR. A SIMILAR AMOUNT OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

IN FLETCHER OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. 



* AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY ON THE EAST SIDE OF 

HENDERSONVILLE. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SEVERE URBAN FLOODING AND 

WILL CAUSE CREEKS TO LEAVE THEIR BANKS. SIMILAR PROBLEMS ARE 

EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE FLETCHER AREA.



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 3549 8234 3537 8229 3532 8230 3527 8234

      3526 8243 3543 8255 3543 8253 3545 8252

      3545 8247 3547 8242 3546 8237 3548 8237



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