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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

217 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS EXTENDED  

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* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

  SOUTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 515 AM EDT



* AT 215 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME

  WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUING ACROSS NORTHERN ANDERSON         

  COUNTY...AND EXTREME SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTY NEAR THE ANDERSON     

  COUNTY LINE. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS FALLEN SINCE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

  THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING ONLY VERY SLOWLY TO THE

  EAST...AND COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN BEFORE ENDING.



* MAJOR FLASH FLOODING WAS ONGOING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. MANY

  ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING OF CREEKS IN AND AROUND

  PENDLETON...AND IN THE VICINITY OF EASLEY. A BRIDGE WAS BEING

  CLOSELY MONITORED ON POPE FIELD ROAD...FOR FEAR THAT THE CREEK

  IT CROSSED WOULD WASH OUT THE BRIDGE. ADDITIONAL FLOODING 

  IS LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN PICKENS...AND NORTHERN 

  COUNTIES...BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS. TOWNS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED

  ALSO INCLUDE PICKENSVILLE...POWDERSVILLE...AND FIVE FORKS.



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.



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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