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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

146 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 445 PM EDT



* AT 136 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN MOVING EAST AND OUT OF UNION COUNTY. 



* VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO RUNOFF 

INTO STREAMS AND CREEKS IN SOUTHEAST UNION COUNTY...CAUSING WATER 

LEVELS TO RISE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS 

AFTERNOON. HIGHWAY 601 SOUTH IN SOUTHEAST UNION COUNTY WAS ALREADY 

REPORTED UNDER WATER DUE TO DRAINAGE PROBLEMS.



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.



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