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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

502 PM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT



* AT 445 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FLASH FLOOD IN SEVERAL PARTS 

OF GREENVILLE COUNTY...INCLUDING MAULDIN AND THE EAST SIDE OF 

GREENVILLE.



* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER GREENVILLE COUNTY...CAUSING 

RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE FURTHER. CREEKS ON THE EAST SIDE OF 

GREENVILLE...AND IN MAULDIN AND TAYLORS...CAN BE EXPECTED TO REMAIN 

OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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. PEOPLE BELOW SMALL DAMS AND 

PONDS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR RISING WATER.



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