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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
758 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
  ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 200 AM EST MONDAY
* AT 748 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT WIDESPREAD TORRENTIAL
  RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE WARNED AREA    
  FROM THE SOUTHWEST AS THE EVENING WEARS ON. AFTER THE EARLIER BOUT 
  OF HEAVY RAIN...SOIL CONDITIONS ARE SATURATED AND CREEKS ARE 
  RUNNING HIGH. WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES EXPECTED      
  TONIGHT...WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AND SEVERAL  
  CREEKS SHOULD EXCEED BANKFULL...FLOODING ROADS.   
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3397 8280 3400 8293 3417 8311 3423 8309
      3427 8312 3448 8306 3447 8299 3468 8277
      3481 8249 3478 8245 3465 8246 3456 8242
      3441 8224 3434 8233 3422 8224 3413 8224
      3405 8233 3406 8253 3401 8258 3396 8257
$$
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