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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

623 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL 

MCDOWELL COUNTY. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE 

PAST 2 HOURS. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE 

THROUGH 7 PM. 



* BETWEEN OLD FORT AND MARION...THE CATAWBA RIVER COULD OVERFLOW ITS 

BANKS IN LOW LYING AREAS. FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG LYTLE 

MOUNTAIN ROAD AND MCHONE DRIVE. FLOODING COULD DEVELOP NORTHEAST OF 

OLD FORT AT THE INTERSECTION OF PARKER PADGETT AND OAKDALE ROADS. IF 

THE HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER MARION...THEN FLOODING HIGHWAY 70 

JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 221. CLEAR CREEK EAST OF MARION IS ALSO 

THREATENED.



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 3593 8193 3582 8197 3580 8199 3571 8187

      3557 8182 3553 8203 3555 8223 3556 8226

      3569 8228 3572 8221 3578 8216 3585 8205

      3587 8199 3590 8199



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