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WGUS52 KGSP 291600

FFWGSP

SCC045-291900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1200 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT



* AT 1155 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND 

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY. MERGING

  SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE RESULTING IN EXTREMELY HIGH RAINFALL

  AMOUNTS ON THE WEST AND NORTHERN SIDE OF GREENVILLE...WITH

  AN AUTOMATED GAGE IN BEREA REPORTING MORE THAN 3 INCHES OF

  RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE EARLY MORNING. A GAGE NEAR TRAVELERS

  REST WAS APPROACHING 2 INCHES. RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST ADDITIONAL

  RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN A SMALL AREA FROM BEREA TO            

  TAYLORS...NORTH TO PARIS MOUNTAIN AND TRAVELERS REST...AND EAST 

  TO GREENVILLE AND GREER. RAINFALL OF THIS INTENSITY SHOULD

  RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS.



  FLOODING NOW DESCRIBED AS MAJOR FOR THE GREENVILLE METRO AREA.

  THE REEDY RIVER IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE WAS AT 13.62 FEET. THE

  RIVER COULD APPROACH 15 FEET...WHICH WOULD CLOSE HUDSON STREET

  AND REQUIRE SOME EVACUATIONS NEAR THE HUDSON STREET BRIDGE.

  STREAMS AND CREEKS DOWNSTREAM TO WELCOME AND THE GOLDEN STRIP

  COULD BE AFFECTED LATER AS WATER WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH THE 

  COUNTY WATER SYSTEM. NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE CITY AND COUNTY

  WERE CLOSED.



  ADDITIONAL WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR LATE AFTERNOON.



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 8240 3477 8226 3490 8223 3519 8226

      3508 8243 3497 8253 3483 8248



$$

BURRUS

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000 

WGUS52 KGSP 291600

FFWGSP

SCC045-291900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1200 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT



* AT 1155 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND 

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY. MERGING

  SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE RESULTING IN EXTREMELY HIGH RAINFALL

  AMOUNTS ON THE WEST AND NORTHERN SIDE OF GREENVILLE...WITH

  AN AUTOMATED GAGE IN BEREA REPORTING MORE THAN 3 INCHES OF

  RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE EARLY MORNING. A GAGE NEAR TRAVELERS

  REST WAS APPROACHING 2 INCHES. RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST ADDITIONAL

  RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN A SMALL AREA FROM BEREA TO            

  TAYLORS...NORTH TO PARIS MOUNTAIN AND TRAVELERS REST...AND EAST 

  TO GREENVILLE AND GREER. RAINFALL OF THIS INTENSITY SHOULD

  RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS.



  FLOODING NOW DESCRIBED AS MAJOR FOR THE GREENVILLE METRO AREA.

  THE REEDY RIVER IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE WAS AT 13.62 FEET. THE

  RIVER COULD APPROACH 15 FEET...WHICH WOULD CLOSE HUDSON STREET

  AND REQUIRE SOME EVACUATIONS NEAR THE HUDSON STREET BRIDGE.

  STREAMS AND CREEKS DOWNSTREAM TO WELCOME AND THE GOLDEN STRIP

  COULD BE AFFECTED LATER AS WATER WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH THE 

  COUNTY WATER SYSTEM. NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE CITY AND COUNTY

  WERE CLOSED.



  ADDITIONAL WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR LATE AFTERNOON.



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 8240 3477 8226 3490 8223 3519 8226

      3508 8243 3497 8253 3483 8248



$$

BURRUS

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