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WGUS72 KGSP 272125

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

522 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 2006



SCC077-272300-

PICKENS SC-

522 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL AND 

EASTERN PICKENS COUNTY...



AT 520 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOOD 

WATERS HAD MOSTLY RECEDED ALONG HIGHWAY 123 IN EASLEY...WHERE SEVERE 

URBAN FLOODING COVERED THE ROADWAY FOR A SHORT TIME EARLIER THIS 

AFTERNOON. THERE WAS STILL SOME STANDING WATER...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO 

IMPACT TRAVEL ANY LONGER. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THAT SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS HAD SLID SOUTH OF THE AREA...BUT ADDITIONAL STORMS 

COULD RE-DEVELOP AT ANY TIME.



NO FLOODING HAD BEEN REPORTED FROM THE NORMAL FLASH FLOOD-PRONE 

CREEKS AROUND EASLEY SUCH AS MIDDLE BRANCH OF BRUSHY CREEK...GEORGES 

CREEK AND LITTLE GEORGES CREEK. WATER LEVELS ON EACH OF THESE 

STREAMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...UNLESS 

ADDITIONAL STORMS RE-DEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREAS.



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.



LAT...LON 3472 8268 3482 8249 3490 8250 3488 8277



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000 

WGUS72 KGSP 272125

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

522 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 2006



SCC077-272300-

PICKENS SC-

522 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL AND 

EASTERN PICKENS COUNTY...



AT 520 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOOD 

WATERS HAD MOSTLY RECEDED ALONG HIGHWAY 123 IN EASLEY...WHERE SEVERE 

URBAN FLOODING COVERED THE ROADWAY FOR A SHORT TIME EARLIER THIS 

AFTERNOON. THERE WAS STILL SOME STANDING WATER...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO 

IMPACT TRAVEL ANY LONGER. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THAT SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS HAD SLID SOUTH OF THE AREA...BUT ADDITIONAL STORMS 

COULD RE-DEVELOP AT ANY TIME.



NO FLOODING HAD BEEN REPORTED FROM THE NORMAL FLASH FLOOD-PRONE 

CREEKS AROUND EASLEY SUCH AS MIDDLE BRANCH OF BRUSHY CREEK...GEORGES 

CREEK AND LITTLE GEORGES CREEK. WATER LEVELS ON EACH OF THESE 

STREAMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...UNLESS 

ADDITIONAL STORMS RE-DEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREAS.



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.



LAT...LON 3472 8268 3482 8249 3490 8250 3488 8277



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