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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1252 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2006



SCC073-077-261730-

PICKENS SC-OCONEE SC-

1252 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 PM EDT FOR OCONEE AND

PICKENS COUNTIES...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ON PARTS OF 

HIGHWAY 183 IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF PICKENS COUNTY...AND FLOODING 

ON SUZY LAKE ROAD. SEVERAL CREEKS AND STREAMS HAVE LEFT THEIR BANKS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SALEM...ROCKY

BOTTOM...PICKENS...NINE TIMES AND MOUNTAIN REST.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.



REMEMBER THAT MOST FLOOD FATALITIES ARE THE RESULT OF DRIVING INTO

FLOODED STREETS...ROADS...OR STREAMS...OR OCCUR WHEN CHILDREN PLAY IN

OR NEAR STORM DRAINS OR STREAMS.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



LAT...LON 3447 8299 3478 8258 3508 8278 3501 8308

      3471 8335



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