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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

816 PM EDT TUE SEP 7 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

  UNION COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

  CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT



* AT 802 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA  

  AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA. RADAR ESTIMATES AND RAIN GAUGE        

  REPORTS INDICATE THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE  

  AREA TODAY. MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE RUNNING NEAR BANKFUL       

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER    

  HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THIS     

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN RAPID RISES AND       

  FLOODING ALONG SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS.        



* CREEKS AND STREAMS EXPECTED TO FLOOD INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED   

  TO...DRY CREEK AND GRASSY RUN BRANCH...AND SMALL TRIBUTARIES OF    

  THE BROAD RIVER.  



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 3454 8089 3454 8089 3460 8182 3483 8177

      3490 8170 3501 8177 3535 8169 3556 8168

      3555 8151 3518 8138 3505 8142 3505 8147

      3502 8150 3482 8148 3482 8090 3472 8087



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