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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

154 PM EST THU FEB 27 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 445 PM EST



* AT 105 PM EST...THE CHESTER COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED 

THAT MANY CREEKS IN THE COUNTY HAVE EXCEEDED BANKFULL. SOME OF THESE 

CREEKS INCLUDE...TANYARD BRANCH CREEK...DRY CREEK...AND GRASSY RUN 

BRANCH.



* A BROAD BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS CROSSED OVER THE COUNTY 

PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL 

CONTINUE OVER THE AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. RUNOFF AND 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ADD TO THE FLOODING.



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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