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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

923 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT



* AT 913 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ACROSS WESTERN HART COUNTY...IN AREAS FROM 

  BOWERSVILLE SOUTH TO EAST OF ROYSTON. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT IN  

  EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA THIS 

  EVENING. AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING... 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY ACROSS 

  THE WARNED AREA. 



* SEVERE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS EXPECTED 

  TO ACCOMPANY THIS HEAVY RAINFALL. IN ADDITION...CREEKS AND STREAMS 

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...INCLUDING SHOAL CREEK...LITTLE SHOAL 

  CREEK...AND MOREA CREEK...AS WELL AS SMALLER TRIBUTARIES ARE 

  EXPECTED TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS...AND PRODUCE FLOODING OF 

  ADJACENT ROADWAYS AND LOWLANDS. 



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.



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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