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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

815 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT



* AT 811 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN MOVING INTO WESTERN RABUN COUNTY. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS 

BEEN FALLING ACROSS THE COUNTY FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING HOURS...WITH 

RADAR ESTIMATING THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE 

NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT.



* A QUICK INCH OR MORE OF RAIN WILL FALL WITH THIS NEXT AREA OF 

HEAVY RAIN. AS STREAM LEVELS ARE ALREADY RUNNING QUITE HIGH...THIS 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY PUSH MANY STREAMS OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS. THE PROLONGED WET CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN ROCK AND MUD 

SLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS 

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR 

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID 

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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