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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

819 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT



* AT 817 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS WAS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER CENTRAL 

CHEROKEE COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH 

MID MORNING. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES 

ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. 



* THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DEEP STANDING WATER ON LOW 

LYING ROADWAYS. MOTORIST SHOULD USE CAUTION NEAR PROVIDENCE 

BRANCH...ESPECIALLY ON PROVIDENCE CREEK ROAD NEAR THE TOWN OF 

GAFFNEY. HEAVY RUNOFF AND RAINFALL MAY ALSO RESULT IN RAPID RISES ON 

IRENE CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS NEAR 

THESE CREEKS WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ALONG WEST BUFORD STREET.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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LAT...LON 3518 8181 3516 8137 3503 8148 3493 8150

      3498 8176



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