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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1218 AM EDT TUE JUL 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 315 AM EDT



* AT 1218 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER

  OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM

  MOUNTAIN REST TO WALHALLA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY

  STATIONARY AND RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF NEARLY TWO INCHES

  PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR AT

  LEAST THE NEXT HOUR IN THIS LOCATION.



* FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP IN THE

  VICINITY OF OCONEE STATE PARK AND ALONG...AND EAST OF...ROUTE 28

  FROM MOUNTAIN REST TO WALHALLA.



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

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

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.

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