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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

609 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 609 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SERIES

  OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN

  LAURENS COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER REPORTS SUGGEST 2 TO 3

  INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.



* THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL AFFECT ROUTE 76 BETWEEN LAURENS AND

  CLINTON. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG LITTLE RIVER AND ALL ASSOCIATED

  STREAMS AND CREEKS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY

DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.

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