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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

803 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

  LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

  GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 750 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE LAURENS...GREENVILLE...AND       

  SPARTANBURG AREAS.  THIS EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST FOR     

  MUCH OF THE EVENING.  SEVERE URBAN FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY AROUND  

  GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG...WITH OTHER SMALL STREAMS IN BOTH      

  COUNTIES RISING QUICKLY TO FLOOD.  FLOOD PRONE AREAS AROUND        

  LAURENS...INCLUDING THE RABUN CREEK BASIN...WILL ALSO FLOOD. THE   

  REEDY RIVER IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE WAS AT 6.25 FEET AND RISING     

  RAPIDLY.



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

  WOODRUFF...TRAVELERS REST...TIGERVILLE...TAYLORS...SPARTANBURG...

  SIMPSONVILLE...ROEBUCK...REIDVILLE...MARIETTA...LYMAN...LAURENS...

  JOANNA...INMAN...HICKORY TAVERN...GREER...GRAY COURT...FOUNTAIN

  INN...ENOREE...DUNCAN...CLINTON AND BOILING SPRINGS SC.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP OR ROCKY...REMAIN

ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ROCK OR MUD SLIDES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN.



LAT...LON 3507 8190 3507 8261 3444 8234 3430 8174



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