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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

811 PM EDT SAT JUL 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 8 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS GREENVILLE COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES 

OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCED THUS FAR. THE REEDY 

RIVER AT GREENVILLE WAS RUNNING AT 7.34 FEET...AS OF 745 PM. FLOOD 

STAGE IS 8 FEET. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS SHIFTED SOUTHEAST... 

RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN RISES ALONG THE REEDY RIVER. 



* IN ADDITION TO EXPECTED FLOODING ALONG THE REEDY RIVER...URBAN 

FLOODING IS LIKELY. AREAS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY ARE 

ESPECIALLY PRONE TO FLOODING IN THE NEXT HOUR. AS A NEW WAVE OF 

HEAVY RAIN MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY...URBAN 

FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF GREENVILLE COUNTY.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   

TRAVELERS REST...TIGERVILLE...TAYLORS...SIMPSONVILLE...PIEDMONT...  

MAULDIN...MARIETTA...GREER...FOUNTAIN INN AND CAESARS HEAD.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY

DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 3517 8225 3503 8222 3485 8223 3480 8217

      3475 8217 3450 8231 3450 8232 3471 8246

      3478 8245 3500 8253 3502 8258 3506 8256

      3507 8261 3512 8263



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