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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

557 PM EDT MON APR 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

  ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 550 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN EAST-WEST

  ORIENTED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WEST OF GREENWOOD ALL

  THE WAY BACK TO NEAR COMMERCE GEORGIA. STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING

  EAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES THIS EVENING.



* DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF LOCALIZED 3 INCH AMOUNTS HAVE

  FALLEN WITHIN AN AREA FROM AROUND LOWNDESVILLE WEST TO NEAR BOWMAN.

  AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IS LIKELY ACROSS THIS AREA AS

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST.  



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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