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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

747 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT



* AT 745 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN FALLING OVER EXTREME NORTHERN OCONEE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES 

THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG STATE ROUTES 130 AND 

107...JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE WALHALLA FISH HATCHERY. AS STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THIS AREA...AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. 



* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY DEVELOP WITHIN THE TOXAWAY 

RIVER BASIN WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN. CAMPERS AND HIKERS 

ALONG CREEKS IN THIS AREA SHOULD HEAD TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. IN 

ADDITION...ROCK AND MUD SLIDES WILL BE LIKELY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY

DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



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