

000 

WGUS52 KGSP 251855

FFWGSP

SCC045-252045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

255 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 445 PM EDT



* AT 250 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHS AN HOUR

  WERE INDICATED BY RADAR ALONG INTERSTATE 85. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS 

  EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD UP INTERSTATE 85 THROUGH GREENVILLE

  COUNTY DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS.



* PERSONS LIVING ALONG GILDER CREEK AND BRUSHY CREEK SHOULD TAKE ACTIONS

  TO PROTECT PROPERTY.  OTHER POORLY DRAINED URBAN AREAS ARE EXPECTED 

  TO FLOOD DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



$$



TANNER/MOORE/DICARLO

