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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

445 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 745 AM EDT



* AT 431 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY   

RAIN OVER MUCH OF GREENVILLE COUNTY. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN 

FALLING MOST OF THE NIGHT. AUTOMATED GAGES INDICATE THAT AROUND 1.5 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE OVERNIGHT. 

WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COUNTY 

FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...AND ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED BY 

SUNRISE.



* AT 433 AM...THE REEDY RIVER IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE WAS AT 7.15 

FEET AND RISING RAPIDLY. FLOOD STAGE IS 8 FEET....AND FLOODING OF 

CLEVELAND PARK WILL OCCUR AT THIS LEVEL. BRUSHY CREEK IN THE DEL 

NORTE AREA WAS AT 6.32 FEET AT 430 AM. AT THIS LEVEL...BOILING 

SPRINGS ROAD WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD. OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS 

GREENVILLE COUNTY...PARTICULARLY THE CENTRAL PART OF THE 

COUNTY...WILL BEGIN TO LEAVE THEIR BANKS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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