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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

611 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 604 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH 2

  TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FALLEN SINCE THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS

  SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY...FROM JUST WEST OF FORTSONIA TO LAKE

  RUSSELL. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH

  730 PM...WHICH WOULD LIKELY CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS FLOWING INTO

  THE BROAD RIVER AND LAKE RUSSELL TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



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 3418 8275 3401 8261 3399 8283 3413 8299



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