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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

335 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT



* AT 335 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       

  HEAVY RAIN GREENVILLE COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA WITH THE HEAVIEST  

  RAIN ALONG INTERSTATE 85. THIS RAIN IS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD 

  INTO SPARTANBURG COUNTY.



* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN NOTED    

  WITH THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN.  THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE    

  THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



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DICARLO

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