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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

523 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

  ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 815 AM EDT



* AT 523 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL CAUSE     

  FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS HART AND ANDERSON 

COUNTIES.  RADAR AND SATELLITE RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE AS MUCH 

AS FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN EXTREME WESTERN HART COUNTY.  

THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAIN EXTENDS INTO EXTREME WESTERN ANDERSON 

COUNTY.  RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING 

FROM NEAR LAKE HARTWELL SOUTHWEST INTO GEORGIA.  THE LINE IS 

EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF HOURS 

CAUSING HEAVY RAIN TO REPEAT OVER THE SAME AREA.



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 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 3424 8307 3431 8277 3423 8273 3448 8235

      3480 8249 3475 8259 3469 8275 3446 8299

      3449 8306



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