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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1040 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT



* AT 1035 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

RAIN OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES 

THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER A SMALL PART OF CENTRAL 

GREENVILLE COUNTY...JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85...IN A LITTLE OVER 

AN HOURS TIME. AT 1035 PM EDT...THE REEDY RIVER IN DOWNTOWN 

GREENVILLE WAS AT 7.27 FEET AND RISING. FLOOD STAGE IS 8 FEET. AT 8 

FEET...CLEVELAND PARK IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE BEGINS TO FLOOD.



* HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES OVER 

CENTRAL AND WESTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY...WITH UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF 

RAIN POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING ON THE REEDY...URBAN 

FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY.



DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS

SUCH AS UNDERPASSES AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT.

CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM SMALL STREAMS AND FLOODED STORM

DRAINS.



LAT...LON 3496 8221 3463 8218 3460 8242 3487 8249



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