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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

727 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT



* AT 725 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS

  AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER CENTRAL AND 

  NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES 

  OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE LATE AFTERNOON IN CENTRAL PICKENS 

  COUNTY...JUST NORTH OF PICKENS AND WEST OF NINE TIMES. 



* THROUGH 930 PM...STORMS WILL CONTINUE A SLOW MIGRATION TO THE WEST

  BUT COULD STILL PRODUCE AN INCH OR MORE OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.

  ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY BE ENOUGH TO SEND STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF 

  THEIR BANKS...MOST NOTABLY TWELVE MILE CREEK. FLOODING COULD ALSO

  OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 11 THROUGH THE HIGHER TERRAIN

  AREAS...WITH MILL CREEK SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING THROUGH LATE 

  EVENING.



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 3499 8262 3488 8254 3469 8273 3473 8287

          3506 8289 3507 8270



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