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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

210 PM EST THU FEB 27 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 445 PM EST



* AT 154 PM EST...A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL ENTER UNION 

COUNTY FROM THE SOUTH AND WILL CONTINUE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE COUNTY. 

THROUGH 3 PM...A HALF INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN WILL LIKELY 

FALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF UNION COUNTY RESULTING IN FLOODING.



* URBAN FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG ANSONVILLE...ROCKY 

RIVER...LANDFORD AND GRIFFITH ROADS. FLOODING IN OTHER POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS WILL ALSO BE LIKELY. SOME CREEKS THAT WILL LIKELY FLOOD ARE 

WAXHAW...BEAVERDAM...AND LANES.



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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