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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

237 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 530 PM EDT



* AT 230 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS    

  AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF RABUN COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN 

  STRETCHED FROM THE ELLICOTT WILDERNESS AREA...WEST TO 

  SATOLAH...THROUGH WILEY TO LAKE RABUN. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT

  AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS 

  ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER IN THE AREA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...WITH   

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL AND   

  EASTERN RABUN COUNTY.



* FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY AS THE  

  STORMS MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT WOLF CREEK 

  ROAD HAD BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER FROM THE LITTLE TENNESSEE 

  RIVER. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS OF EASTERN   

  AND NORTHEASTERN RABUN COUNTY...ESPECIALLY BAILEY BRANCH AND 

  HOLCOMB CREEK...COULD COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND FLOOD ROADS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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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BURRUS

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