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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

709 PM EDT TUE SEP 7 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

  ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

  LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

  ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

  GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

  GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  AN AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG THE    

  SAVANNAH RIVER VALLEY. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE   

  WESTERN HALF OF THE UPSTATE THROUGH 9 PM...PRODUCING RAINFALL      

  RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR. 

  

  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TODAY WITHIN 

  THE WARNED AREA. MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING AT OR NEAR    

  BANKFUL. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL THAT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE 

  AREA THIS EVENING IS LIKELY TO RESULT IN RAPID RISES AND FLOODING  

  ALONG THESE CREEKS AND STREAMS.     



* CREEKS AND STREAMS EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED BY FLOODING INCLUDE BUT 

  ARE NOT LIMITED TO...GILDER CREEK...BRUSHY CREEK...AND THE REEDY   

  RIVER IN GREENVILLE COUNTY...TRIBUTARIES OF THE PACOLET AND TYGER  

  RIVERS IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY...AMD GROVE CREEK IN ANDERSON COUNTY. 

  SEVERE URBAN FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP IN THE CITIES OF         

  ANDERSON...GREENVILLE...AND SPARTANBURG. 



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 3459 8287 3483 8246 3506 8256 3511 8267

      3518 8188 3485 8176 3460 8185 3453 8165

      3445 8170 3430 8189 3420 8195 3414 8191

      3396 8203 3401 8223 3397 8230 3406 8233

      3408 8249 3402 8260 3444 8285 3448 8297



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