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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1203 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 200 PM EDT



* AT 1154 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NEARLY

  STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER

  NORTHERN RABUN COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS WERE JUST SOUTH OF

  SKY VALLEY AND NORTH OF MOUNTAIN CITY WITH RAINFALL RATES IN

  EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR.



* THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY AND WILL PRODUCE

  FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS GENERALLY NORTH OF CLAYTON.

  ROUTE 23 FROM DILLARD TO CLAYTON...AND WARWOMAN ROAD EAST OF

  CLAYTON...ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY RISING WATER.



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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