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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED TYPO

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

127 AM EDT TUE JUL 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 430 AM EDT



* AT 125 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A NEARLY STATIONARY

  AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...COVERING MOST OF RABUN COUNTY.

  AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE AT MOUNTAIN CITY HAD REPORTED 2.1 INCHES 

  OF RAINFALL THUS FAR OVERNIGHT. RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THE AXIS

  OF HEAVIEST RAIN WAS SHIFTING AWAY FROM MOUNTAIN CITY...TOWARD 

  BLACK ROCK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...AND CLAYTON. 

  

  WITH AT LEAST A COUPLE OF MORE HOURS OF INTENSE...UPSLOPE RAIN

  YET TO COME...STREAMS AND CREEKS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL RABUN

  COUNTY MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES TO NEAR BANKFULL...IF NOT

  OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS ALTOGETHER. THIS EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL 

  LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ALONG SCOTT CREEK IN CLAYTON...WITH

  STANDING WATER LIKELY ALONG HIGHWAYS 76 AND 2 WEST OF TOWN...TO 

  NEAR LAKE BURTON.



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 IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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