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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

651 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 945 AM EDT



* AT 643 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY 

OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING INTO THE 

SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS 

POSSIBLE. 



* EXTENSIVE URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE 

COUNTY. A FEW STREAMS MAY ALSO LEAVE 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 DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. EVEN MODERN SPORT

UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER

SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL

FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.



LAT...LON 3481 8032 3481 8080 3488 8080 3489 8080

      3494 8079 3495 8081 3500 8081 3502 8029



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