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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

750 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT



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

  FLASH FLOODING FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY OVER THE   

  WARNED AREA.



  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS... SOME POSSIBLY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND  

  DAMAGING WIND... WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS OCONEE         

  COUNTY THIS EVENING.  THIS WILL COMBINE WITH A NEARLY STATIONARY   

  LINE OF SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS FORMED ALONG THE EASTERN  

  SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



LAT...LON 3448 8300 3456 8290 3463 8285 3502 8294

      3498 8308 3487 8322 3471 8333



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