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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

530 PM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 514 PM EDT...HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN SPARTANBURG 

COUNTY. THE STORMS PRODUCING THIS RAINFALL CAUSED EXTENSIVE FLOODING 

IN EASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY.



* HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY ACROSS SPARTANBURG COUNTY. RIVERS 

AND STREAMS FROM GREER TO SPARTANBURG WILL BE THE FIRST TO RISE OVER 

THEIR BANKS...FOLLOWED BY WATERS TO THE EAST OF SPARTANBURG. SOME 

FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AROUND LYMAN AND INMAN.



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.



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