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FLWGSP

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
152 PM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024


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Graham NC-Swain NC-
152 PM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.

* WHERE...A portion of western North Carolina, including the 
  following counties, Graham and Swain.

* WHEN...Until 745 PM EDT.

* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying 
  and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 152 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges
    indicated heavy rain. Flooding is already occurring in the
    warned area. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain have fallen.
  - Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is
    expected.
  - Some locations that will experience flooding include...
    Bryson City, Robbinsville, Cherokee, Town Of Santeetlah,
    Fontana Lake, Smoky Mountains-Fontana Area, Smoky Mountains-
    Clingmans Dome, Smoky Mountains-Deep Creek, Fontana Village,
    Smoky Mountains-Twentymile Creek, Lake Santeetlah, Smoky
    Mountains-Newfound Gap, Smoky Mountains-Oconaluftee, Smoky
    Mountains-Balsam Mountain, B.R. Parkway-Smoky Mountains To
    Balsam Gap, Almond, Stecoah, Wesser, Luada and Nantahala.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

When it is safe to do so, please report flooding or landslides 
threatening roads or property to the National Weather Service 
Greenville-Spartanburg by calling toll free, 1, 800, 2 6 7, 8 1 0 1, 
by posting on our Facebook page, or via X using hashtag NWSGSP. Your 
message should describe the specific location where impacts occurred 
and the depth of flooding observed.

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become 
unstable and unsafe.

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LAT...LON 3556 8377 3556 8350 3561 8345 3566 8330
      3570 8325 3567 8318 3564 8320 3555 8316
      3551 8318 3552 8324 3547 8335 3543 8336
      3533 8334 3522 8396 3523 8400 3532 8403
      3535 8404 3537 8401 3541 8402 3552 8388


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