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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

900 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 857 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN MOVING VERY SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS PICKENS COUNTY. 



* THE GROUND WILL BECOME SATURATED QUICKLY...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN 

WILL RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND CREEKS...CAUSING WATER LEVELS TO RISE.



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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