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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1254 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

  YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

  CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 645 AM EDT



* AT 1253 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED 

  THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH...FROM NORTHERN 

  FAIRFIELD COUNTY INTO THE EASTERN PIEDMONT OF SOUTH 

  CAROLINA...AND EVENTUALLY INTO GASTON COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA. 

  THESE BANDS CONTAIN RAIN OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WHICH WILL BRING       

  NUMEROUS STREAMS...CREEKS AND SMALL RIVERS OUT OF THEIR BANKS.

  FLOODED STREAMS COULD OVERFLOW ROADS. 

  

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

  ROCK HILL...RICHBURG...MCCONNELLS...LOWRYS...GREAT 

  FALLS...CLOVER...  CHESTER...CATAWBA...STANLEY...YORK...MOUNT 

  HOLLY...LOWELL...GASTONIA...  DALLAS...CRAMERTON AND BESSEMER 

  CITY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3456 8141 3456 8091 3491 8090 3509 8110

      3538 8099 3538 8129 3498 8146



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