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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1004 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 100 AM EDT



* AT 1004 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL CHESTER

  COUNTY...BETWEEN THE CITY OF CHESTER AND INTERSTATE 77. THE

  THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY AND RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL

  RATES OF BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES PER HOUR WITH THESE STORMS.



* STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE AFFECTED AREA WILL LIKELY SPILL OUT OF

  THEIR BANKS...AND LOW SPOTS IN ROADWAYS WILL QUICKLY BECOME

  IMPASSABLE. MOST AFFECTED WILL BE ROCKY CREEK AND ALL ASSOCIATED

  STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES...AND ROADWAYS FROM ROUTE 9 SOUTHWARD TO

  ROUTE 97.  



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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