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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

150 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

  HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

  STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 545 PM EDT



* AT 143 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT OVER THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN SOUTHERN HABERSHAM COUNTY SINCE 8 

AM...WITH 1.25 INCHES HAVING FALLEN IN A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR. WITH 

HEAVIER SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER THIS SAME AREA...RAINFALL RATES WILL 

LIKELY INCREASE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. 



* PERSONS LIVING ALONG CAMP CREEK...LICK LOG CREEK... HAZEL AND 

SUTTON MILL CREEKS ALONG WITH THE SEQUE RIVER SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR 

RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS THAT COULD FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS. OTHER 

STREAMS AND CREEKS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA COULD ALSO FLOOD QUICKLY 

THIS AFTERNOON.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



LAT...LON 3446 8363 3447 8323 3452 8310 3472 8337

      3502 8311 3500 8353 3484 8366



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