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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

520 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS

  SOUTHWEST OF BOWMAN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF

  ATHENS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE AROUND...

  ELBERTON BY 605 PM EDT

  RUCKERSVILLE BY 620 PM EDT



MUCH OF ELBERT COUNTY HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

FROM PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ANOTHER TWO INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS 

ELBERT COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND 

CREEKS WILL DEVELOP...AND DEEP STANDING WATER IS LIKELY IN POOR 

DRAINAGE LOCATIONS.



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.



LAT...LON 3420 8309 3422 8308 3424 8301 3421 8298

      3422 8294 3425 8290 3429 8278 3418 8275

      3412 8268 3400 8263 3401 8294 3415 8306

      3417 8310



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