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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

924 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT



* AT 920 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN MOVING SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY.

  THE ANDERSON AIRPORT RECEIVED 1.73 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN   

  ONE HOUR. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE VICINITY OF ANDERSON WERE 

  RAPIDLY APPROACHING BANKFULL. ONE STREAM FLOODED  BROADWAY 

  LAKE ROAD. PART OF HIGHWAY 24 NEAR THE AIRPORT WAS ALSO COVERED BY 

  WATER.ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY CLOSE ROADS 

  IN THE SOUTHERN ANDERSON COUNTY TOWNS OF STARR AND IVA.



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 3470 8249 3456 8243 3449 8235 3440 8243

          3421 8274 3437 8285 3454 8287 3466 8278



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