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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

943 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT



* AT 930 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO TO 3

 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE GREER...LYMAN AND DUNCAN AREAS. 

 MORE STORMS WERE STARTING TO DEVELOP AROUND WOODRUFF AND THESE 

 WILL MOVE NORTH THROUGH MOORE AND BACK OVER THE AREA THAT HAS 

 ALREADY HAD THE HEAVY RAINS. 



* GREER POLICE REPORTED THE INTERSECTION OF WADE HAMPTON AND HIGHWAY 

 357 WAS ALREADY ALMOST IMPASSABLE. OTHER LOW LYING AREAS AROUND

 LYMAN AND DUNCAN WILL ALSO SOON BE AFFECTED. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 



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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