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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

752 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

  SOUTHERN RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

  NORTHERN STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

  WESTERN OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 145 PM EDT



* AT 745 AM EDT...AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES AND MANUAL OBSERVATIONS 

INDICATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR THIS MORNING 

OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN HABERSHAM COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED THAT 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER THE SAME 

AREA...AS WELL AS INTO SOUTHERN RABUN AND FAR WESTERN OCONEE 

COUNTIES...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY. 



* SEVERAL CREEKS COULD BEGIN TO FLOOD WITHIN THE HOUR IN THE WARNING 

AREA...INCLUDING DEEP CREEK AND LITTLE PANTHER CREEK. RAPID RISES 

ARE ALSO LIKELY ALONG THE CHATTOOGA RIVER IN THIS AREA.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE 

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME 

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR 

CREEKS.



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 3471 8363 3476 8363 3481 8366 3490 8319

      3458 8318 3447 8365 3453 8365 3454 8364

      3455 8364 3467 8366



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