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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

107 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 400 AM EDT



* AT 1 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. RADAR ALSO ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN

  4 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE VICINITY OF RED HILL. AN

  ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN COULD AFFECT THIS AREA THROUGH

  4 AM AS STORMS MOVE OVER THE COUNTY FROM THE EAST.



* STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL RISE STEADILY ACROSS THE COUNTY AS THE 

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FILTERS THROUGH COUNTY CREEK BASINS. SOME 

  STREAMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY...COULD

  COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. STREAMS ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING

  INCLUDE WHITTEN AND HUNTERS CREEKS...AS WELL AS THE NORTH FORK OF

  THE BROAD RIVER. SOME OF THESE STREAMS COULD 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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