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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
355 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS EXTENDED
THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
WEST CENTRAL CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 700 AM EDT.
* AT 355 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NEW ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL
ARE APPROACHING NORTHERN BURKE, WESTERN CALDWELL, AND SOUTHEASTERN
AVERY COUNTY. BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE
PAST 12 HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1-2 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE.
SEVERAL STREAMS REMAIN ABOVE MINOR FLOOD STAGE, INCLUDING THE
WILSON CREEK AND THE JOHNS RIVER. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING AND NEW
AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING MAY DEVELOP WITHIN THE NEXT 1-3 HOURS.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT FLASH FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR STREAMS,
INCLUDING PARKS, TRAILS, LOW-WATER CROSSINGS, BOAT- ACCESS
AREAS, AND CAMPGROUNDS. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF
POOR-DRAINAGE AREAS ARE LIKELY, IMPACTING TRAVEL.
LOW-LYING ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY TO BE FLOODED, REQUIRING
BARRICADES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MORGANTON, LONGVIEW, VALDESE, SALEM, ICARD, DREXEL, HILDEBRAN,
CONNELLY SPRINGS, RUTHERFORD COLLEGE AND GLEN ALPINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF LANDSLIDES AND
DEBRIS FLOWS, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE LANDSLIDES HAVE OCCURRED IN
THE PAST. BE ESPECIALLY ALERT IF YOU LIVE NEAR A STREAM, PARTICULARLY
AT THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN OR IN A COVE. WATCH FOR SIGNS THAT A
LANDSLIDE MAY BE IMMINENT, INCLUDING LOOSE-MOVING SOIL AND ROCKS OR A
SUDDEN INCREASE IN STREAMFLOW. STAY INDOORS AND DO NOT GO OUTSIDE TO
INVESTIGATE. ESCAPE VERTICALLY INSIDE YOUR HOME BY MOVING UPSTAIRS OR
GETTING ON TOP OF COUNTERS TO AVOID BEING SWEPT AWAY.
LAT...LON 3585 8191 3588 8190 3596 8193 3597 8195
3601 8195 3609 8190 3614 8182 3611 8182
3609 8176 3607 8175 3607 8174 3603 8173
3596 8174 3591 8170 3588 8166 3571 8187
3581 8198
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
JMP
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