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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1117 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA   

  GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 215 AM EDT



* AT 1108 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL FROM AROUND THE GSP AIRPORT INTO 

  SOUTHEAST GREENVILLE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. 



* HOURLY RAINFALL RATES COULD BE AS HIGH AS 2 INCHES...WITH STORM

  TOTAL RAINFALL NEARING 4 OR 5 INCHES IN A FEW SPOTS BEFORE STORMS

  DIMINISH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.



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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