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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

832 PM EST WED MAR 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

  PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EST



* AT 823 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN MOVING NORTH INTO ANDERSON AND PICKENS COUNTY. ADDITIONAL     

  HEAVY RAINFALL WAS EXPECTED FROM NORTHEAST GEORGIA.



* RAINFALL TOTALS WERE RAPIDLY APPROACHING THE AMOUNT OF RAIN NEEDED 

  TO CAUSE RIVERS AND STREAMS TO LEAVE THEIR BANKS.



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.



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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST 

INFORMATION.

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