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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

515 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 509 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       

  HEAVY RAIN OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE ABOUT 4 PM BETWEEN

  WINGATE AND NEW SALEM...AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO LINGER

  NEAR THIS AREA...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF

  RAIN. 



* FLOODING SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG RICHARDSON CREEK...JACKS BRANCH AND

  SALEM CREEK...AND POSSIBLY EFFECT ROUTES 205...218 AND NEW SALEM

  AND OLIVE BRANCH ROADS.



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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY

DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



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