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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

832 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT



* AT 825 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL THROUGH LATE MORNING WILL FALL BETWEEN PICKENS AND 

EASLEY...WHERE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF OVER AN INCH COULD OCCUR.

URBAN FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON MANY STREETS IN EASLEY...AND 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY EXACERBATE URBAN FLOODING AND LEAD 

TO FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS BETWEEN PICKENS AND EASLEY.



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.



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 3504 8262 3484 8256 3469 8279 3501 8289



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