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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

602 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 551 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN HENDERSON 

COUNTY. THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING HAD BEGUN ALONG A TRIBUTARY TO 

CANE CREEK JUST NORTH OF FLETCHER. 



* RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR OVER THE 

COUNTY THROUGH 7 PM. FLOODING ALONG CANE CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES 

IS LIKELY WITH PROBLEMS DEVELOPING IN LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE CREEK 

ESPECIALLY ALONG MILLS GAP ROAD AND CANE CREEK ROAD. FLOODING ALONG 

MUD CREEK NEAR THE BROOKSIDE CAMP AND BALFOUR ROADS...AND NEAR THE 

JUNCTION OF US HIGHWAY 25 AND 176...7TH AVENUE AND KING STREET. IF 

THE HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THE BAT CAVE AREA...THEN THE 

HEADWATERS OF THE ROCKY BROAD RIVER WILL SEE RAPID RISES. LOW LYING 

AREAS NEAR THE RIVER ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 74 AND 64 ALONG WITH 

RIVERSIDE DRIVE WOULD THEN FLOOD. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3547 8226 3544 8228 3539 8227 3520 8238

      3521 8240 3519 8242 3516 8257 3529 8261

      3542 8274 3544 8265 3543 8253 3545 8252

      3547 8240 3546 8237 3547 8234



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