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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
111 AM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
* UNTIL 400 AM EDT
* AT 107 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF
THE WARNED AREA...WITH ANOTHER ONE OR TWO INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE
THE RAIN ENDS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HARTWELL...CANON...LAVONIA...NUBERG...REED CREEK...ROYSTON...VANNA
AND WHITWORTH.
IN FRANKLIN COUNTY...FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG SOME TRIBUTARIES TO
THE NORTH FORK OF THE BROAD RIVER...INCLUDING RICE CREEK. WITH OVER
THREE INCHES OF RAIN...RICE CREEK MAY FLOOD CAMPGROUNDS IN VICTORIA
BRYANT STATE PARK.
IN HART COUNTY...FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG BEAVERDAM CREEK.
BEAVERDAM CREEK MAY FLOOD ALONG HOKE HILL ROAD NEAR CANON...AND
ALONG MILL CIRCLE NEAR ROYSTON. FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN SMALL
STREAMS THAT EMPTY INTO LAKE HARTWELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
