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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1104 AM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR ALL OF PICKENS COUNTY...

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Pickens County in Upstate South Carolina...

* Until 500 PM EST Thursday.

* At 1100 AM EST, emergency management reported over 30 roads closed
  due to flooding along with water rescues.  Structural flooding,
  including of some homes is imminent. Two to four inches of rain
  has fallen over the past few hours with an additional inch of rain
  likely. Therefore, the current Flash Flood Warning is being
  replaced with a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY. Take action to protect your
  life NOW!

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR PICKENS COUNTY, INCLUDING
EASLEY, LIBERTY, NORRIS, SUNSET, and the city of PICKENS. This
is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

  HAZARD...Life-threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain producing
           flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Emergency management.

  IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER
           GROUND NOW! Life-threatening flash flooding of low water
           crossings, small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses.  Flooding of some
           homes, businesses, and other structures adjacent to
           streams and low-lying areas is imminent, seek higher
           ground NOW!

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Easley, Clemson, Pickens, Central, Liberty, Norris, Six Mile,
  Jocassee Gorges, Lake Jocassee and Table Rock State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

Numerous roads, parking lots and bridges will be threatened by heavy
rain and rapidly rising streams and creeks. Please pay close
attention to road signs indicating a flood-prone area. Obey all
barricades, even if water is not currently over the road. Barricades
are in place for your protection and indicate areas where flooding
can occur rapidly and without warning.

&&

LAT...LON 3470 8286 3473 8286 3474 8290 3479 8288
      3482 8290 3494 8290 3499 8294 3501 8291
      3504 8292 3506 8289 3509 8279 3505 8275
      3507 8257 3506 8260 3501 8260 3501 8254
      3498 8255 3491 8250 3482 8248 3464 8283

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1 INCH IN 3 HOURS

$$

JMP
