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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

806 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 804 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       

  HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. BRUGG STREET  

  IN BLACKSBURG HAD BEEN CLOSED BECAUSE OF FLOODING OF RIVER ROAD IN 

  CHEROKEE FALLS IS LIKELY AS THE HEAVY RAIN WORKS DOWNSTREAM. ADDITIONAL

  STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES THROUGH 10 PM

  AND A FEW MAY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND FLOOD ROADS.



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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