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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
350 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS EXTENDED
THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.
* AT 350 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING
OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. PLEASE SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW AND
AVOID ALL STREAMS AND DRAINAGES IN THE BUFFALO CREEK WATERSHED!
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SIGNIFICANT INUNDATION OF ROADS IS POSSIBLE. SOME
STRUCTURES MAY BE FLOODED.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BUFFALO CREEK VALLEY AND ASSOCIATED TRIBUTARIES IN THE BUFFALO
COVE COMMUNITY. AREAS OF CONCERN INCLUDE NEAR BUFFALO COVE ROAD,
STONE MOUNTAIN ROAD AND COVE BRANCH ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
HEAVY RAIN IS INCREASING THE RISK OF LANDSLIDES, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS
WHERE SLIDES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST. BE ESPECIALLY ALERT IF YOU
ARE NEAR A STREAM, ESPECIALLY AT THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN OR IN A
COVE. WATCH FOR LOOSE-MOVING SOIL AND ROCKS OR A SUDDEN INCREASE IN
STREAMFLOW. LEAVE THE AREA QUICKLY IF THIS IS OBSERVED. WHEN DRIVING
ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP OR ROCKY, WATCH AND LISTEN
FOR FALLING ROCKS, MUD, TREES, AND OTHER DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 3609 8158 3612 8161 3612 8155 3610 8152
3610 8150 3610 8148 3609 8148 3609 8147
3609 8146 3608 8145 3607 8144 3608 8143
3607 8142 3601 8152
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1 INCH IN 1 HOUR
JMP
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