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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

314 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...



* UNTIL 615 AM EDT



* AT 310 AM EDT...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN IN AROUND AN HOUR ALONG HIGHWAY 9 BETWEEN CHESTER AND 

INTERSTATE 77. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY OVER 

THIS AREA...AND ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. 



* STREAMS IN THIS AREA WILL LEAVE THEIR BANKS AND BEGIN TO FLOOD 

SECONDARY ROADS IF THE PREDICTED RAINFALL OCCURS. 



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3454 8089 3456 8107 3458 8113 3474 8119

      3481 8118 3482 8100



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