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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1100 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 1048 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

TORRENTIAL RAIN FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF LINCOLN AND CLEVELAND 

COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY AND NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY OVER THE 

PAST TWO HOURS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THIS 

AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE.



* THROUGH 1055 PM EDT...THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE 

ROCKDAM...HOWARDS AND INDIAN CREEK BASINS IN LINCOLN COUNTY. WITH 

TORRENTIAL RAIN FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF BOTH COUNTIES...FLASH 

FLOODING COULD QUICKLY DEVELOP NEARLY ANYWHERE.



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.



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