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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1148 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2014

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR GREENVILLE...TAYLORS...AND GREER...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  WEST CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 300 AM EDT

* AT 1145 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. ALREADY 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE
AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...CHERRYDALE POINT...FURMAN UNIVERSITY...
  GREER...GSP AIRPORT...HAYWOOD MALL...I-85 AT PELHAM ROAD...LAKE
  ROBINSON...SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE AND TAYLORS.

THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROADS FLOODING...STREAMS OUT OF THEIR
BANKS...RISING WATERS...AND MANY HOMES ARE BEGINNING TO FLOOD IN
LOW-LYING AREAS.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR GREENVILLE...TAYLORS...AND
GREER. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN
AROUND... DONT DROWN.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD
DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

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LAT...LON 3480 8247 3493 8251 3501 8232 3501 8215
      3486 8215 3482 8227 3479 8246

$$

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