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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1223 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 315 AM EDT



* AT 1212 AM EDT...FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON BLAIR STREET IN MOUNT AIRY.

FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED ON CANNON BRIDGE ROAD NEAR THE JUNCTION 

WITH HIGHWAY 105. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN ACROSS THE COUNTY BETWEEN CLARKESVILLE AND THE STEPHENS 

COUNTY LINE. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR MORE CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE 

RAINFALL ENDS.



* STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN 

LOCATIONS FROM CLARKESVILLE SOUTH. CREEKS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE

FLOODING ARE CAMP CREEK...LICK LOG CREEK AND HAZEL CREEK...WHICH 

COULD AFFECT DEMOREST AND CLARKESVILLE...IN ADDITION TO MORE 

FLOODING IN THE VICINITY OF MOUNT AIRY.



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.



WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP OR ROCKY...REMAIN

ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ROCK OR MUD SLIDES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN.



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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