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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

155 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

  PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

  SOUTHERN OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 500 AM EST



* AT 146 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HOURLY 

  RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND ONE INCH WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA. 

  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 

  SEVERAL HOURS.   



* FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN SOME LOW LYING AND POOR 

  DRAINAGE AREAS. CONTINUED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN 

  SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS COMING OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AS WELL AS 

  URBAN AND ROAD FLOODING IN AREAS FROM CARNESVILLE...TO SENECA...

  TO EASLEY...INCLUDING THE PICKENS AND CLEMSON AREAS.  

    

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.



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