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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

157 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 500 AM EDT



* AT 145 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY...BETWEEN CROSS ANCHOR 

AND ENOREE.  RADAR ESTIMATES ARE MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 

THE PAST FEW HOURS. HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO SHOWN CONTINUING OVER THE 

CITY OF SPARTANBURG...AND THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.



* FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG SMALL STREAMS IN THE SOUTHERN PART 

OF THE COUNTY...AND FLOODING OF INTERSTATE 26 IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE 

LAURENS COUNTY BORDER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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