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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

517 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 715 AM EDT



* AT 517 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS

  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH THROUGH GREENVILLE COUNTY. THESE

  THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES

  PER HOUR. A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH

  7 AM AFTER THE LINE HAS PASSED.



* FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AT ROUTE 291 AND ROUTE 25 NEAR

  INTERSTATE 85. ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL DEVELOP THROUGH 7 AM

  AROUND THE GREENVILLE METRO AREA...AS WELL AS SIMPSONVILLE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY 

DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 3493 8253 3454 8232 3478 8216 3485 8223

      3516 8227 3514 8258



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