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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

257 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 600 AM EDT



* AT 257 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       

  HEAVY RAIN OVER YORK COUNTY...ESPECIALLY EASTERN YORK COUNTY.

  AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE AT ROCK HILL REPORTED 1.32 INCHES OF RAIN 

  HAD FALLEN SINCE 1 AM. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT EVEN MORE HAD FALLEN

  JUST EAST OF ROCK HILL...IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE WYLIE.



* YORK COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT MANY ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS 

  INUNDATED BY WATER THAT WAS HAVING TROUBLE WORKING THROUGH 

  AVAILABLE DRAINAGE CULVERTS. CHERRY ROAD WAS COVERED BY WATER 

  FROM IN FRONT OF THE CHEROKEE BINGO DOWNSTREAM TO ELLIOT/S EXXON

  STATION. IN ADDITION...BOTH EDEN TERRACE EXTENSION AND RED RIVER   

  ROAD...WHICH NORMALLY DO NOT FLOOD...WERE BOTH CLOSED BECAUSE OF A 

  SWOLLEN CREEK THAT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CLAIMED WAS 100 YARDS 

  WIDE AND UP TO A FOOT DEEP.



HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EVENTUALLY TAPER OFF...BUT LIGHT RAIN WILL 

LIKELY LINGER THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS 

LIKELY UNTIL THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED AWAY.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



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