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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

232 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 430 AM EDT



* AT 230 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE

  WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL WAS SLOWLY TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED

  SHOWERS. THE REEDY RIVER AT GREENVILLE...HOWEVER...CONTINUES TO

  RISE WITH SOME STREET FLOODING REPORTED. THE REEDY RIVER WAS AT

  8.8 FEET AND RISING AT 230 AM. BRUSHY CREEK AT DEL NORTE WAS

  RUNNING ABOUT 6.3 FEET AND STILL RISING AS WELL.



* FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ALONG HAMMETT STREET NEAR OLD

  BUNCOMBE ROAD IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE. FLOODING ALONG THE REEDY

  RIVER COULD CONTINUE TO AFFECT ADJACENT STREETS THIS MORNING

  BEFORE THE RIVER STARTS TO RECEDE AFTER 4 AM. FLOODING OF BOILING

  SPRINGS ROAD NEAR BRUSHY CREEK AT DEL NORTE IS LIKELY AS WELL.

  SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER CAN BE EXPECTED IN LOW SPOTS

  COUNTYWIDE.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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