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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

515 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND EASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA   

  NORTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 515 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED CLUSTERS

  OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY...EAST 

  OF A LINE FROM SANDY SPRINGS TO ANDERSON. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD FALLEN

  JUST EAST OF BELTON...WITH RADAR ESTIMATING MORE THAN 2 INCHES 

  OF RAIN SINCE 4 PM. MOST OF EASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY HAD RECEIVED

  1 TO 2 INCHES...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED

  AS STORMS SLOWLY WEAKEN.



  IN NORTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY...NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS     

  HAD PRODUCED NEARLY THREE INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MID AFTERNOON IN 

  THE VICINITY OF COKESBURY. RADAR TRENDS SUGGESTED AN ADDITIONAL 1 

  TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL BEFORE STORMS MOVE OUT OF THE AREA.



* THROUGH 8 PM...STORMS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND MOVE SOUTH OF      

  THE FLOOD WARNING AREAS. STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL RISE 

  RAPIDLY...AND SOME MAY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS...PERHAPS FLOODING 

  ROADS AND THREATENING PROPERTY. FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG BREAZEALE 

  AND KAY STREETS AND THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 20 AND HIGHWAY 76/178 

  AND HENCOOP CREEK ALONG HIGHWAY 252 BETWEEN BELTON AND HONEA PATH.

  ADDITIONAL URBAN FLOODING COULD OCCUR NEAR PIEDMONT AND WILLIAMSON 

  IN EASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY...AND IN THE VICINITY OF COKESBURY AND

  WARE SHOALS IN NORTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY.

  

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.



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR

REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



LAT...LON 3476 8257 3458 8242 3448 8232 3443 8239

          3436 8233 3439 8226 3436 8219 3427 8213

          3420 8218 3441 8242 3442 8252 3467 8276



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