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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1233 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 230 AM EDT



* AT 1230 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA

  OF VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS GREENVILLE COUNTY.

  LOCAL 1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES WILL AFFECT THE AREA

  OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS...PUSHING STREAMS AND CREEKS ABOVE BANKFULL.

  

* THE REEDY RIVER IN GREENVILLE IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO ABOVE 9 FEET

  BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AM...FLOODING PORTIONS OF CLEVELAND PARK. ANY

  FURTHER RISES EARLY THIS MORNING COULD THREATEN ADJACENT STREETS

  AND BUILDINGS.



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

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

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY

DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



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