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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1008 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 1003 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN BETWEEN COOKS CROSSROADS TO GRAY COURT AND TO ORA. RAINFALL   

  AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN INDICATED BY THE RADAR. 

   

* RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN WILL CAUSE LOCAL CREEKS TO RISE RAPIDLY       

  WHICH MAY CAUSE LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS LIKE HIGHWAYS 221...  

  101 AND 92 TO FLOOD.  THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH     

  INTO THE TOWN OF LAURENS. 





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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