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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

225 AM EDT MON JUL 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 415 AM EDT



* AT 220 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN FALLING OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST PICKENS COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES 

THAT AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF 

THE COUNTY...FROM PUMPKINTOWN TO DACUSVILLE. WITH SLOW 

MOVING...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STILL IN THE AREA...ANOTHER INCH OR 

TWO OF RAIN COULD FALL.



* THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG THE OOLENOY RIVER. FLOODING 

WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG MANY OF THE STREAMS THAT FEED INTO THE RIVER 

AND ALONG HIGHWAY 288. FARTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST...CARPENTER CREEK 

AND SHOAL CREEK HAVE ALSO SEEN VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THEIR BASINS...AND 

FLOODING ALONG THESE CREEKS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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