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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

833 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003



CORRECTED TO REMOVE CHEROKEE COUNTY



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT



* AT 835 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE       

  COUNTY FROM THE PACOLET AREA TO JONESVILLE TO NEAR UNION.    



* RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL CAUSE FAIRFOREST... BIG       

  BROWNS AND MILL CREEKS TO RISE RAPIDLY STREAMS AND POSSIBLY FLOOD  

  ROADWAYS ALONG THESE CREEKS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL  

  ALSO CAUSE PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 18... 8 AND 176.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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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