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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

410 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 700 AM EDT



* AT 405 EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN SPREADING OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN UNION COUNTY. 2 TO 3 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN BETWEEN 3 AND 4 AM AND SIMILAR RAINFALL 

RATES SHOULD CONTINUE OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY

THROUGH 5 AM.



CREEKS FEEDING INTO THE TYGER RIVER WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE 

TO FLOODING...INCLUDING FAIRFOREST CREEK WHICH HAS A HISTORY OF 

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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE

SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



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