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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
821 AM EDT THU JUL 23 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
WEST CENTRAL SWAIN COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT.
* AT 821 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS FOR DEVELOPING
FLOODING FROM FONTANA VILLAGE TO TAPOCO.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROBBINSVILLE, TOWN OF SANTEETLAH, FONTANA VILLAGE, LAKE SANTEETLAH,
SMOKY MOUNTAINS-TWENTYMILE CREEK, FONTANA LAKE, SMOKY
MOUNTAINS-FONTANA AREA, TAPOCO, DEALS GAP, CHEOAH AND STECOAH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3548 8391 3552 8387 3552 8382 3550 8375
3544 8366 3538 8368 3531 8380 3529 8402
3532 8403 3533 8403 3534 8404 3535 8404
3535 8402 3537 8401 3539 8401 3541 8402
3542 8400 3544 8399 3545 8398
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
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