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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
852 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has extended 
the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Abbeville County in upstate South Carolina...
  Greenwood County in upstate South Carolina...
  Laurens County in upstate South Carolina...

* Until 200 PM EDT.

* At 852 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  storms producing heavy rain across Anderson, Greenwood, and 
  Abbeville Counties. Although the heaviest rain has ended, many 
  stream gauges are still rising, and some areas may be experiencing 
  localized flooding.  Between 7 and 10 inches of rain have fallen.

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

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

  IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
           urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
           Scattered road closures and first-floor inundation may
           still be ongoing, primarily in the vicinity of
           overflowing streams.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Greenwood, Laurens, Abbeville, Clinton, Fountain Inn, Honea Path, 
  Ware Shoals, Calhoun Falls, Ninety Six, Joanna, Due West, Gray 
  Court, Lake Secession, Cross Hill, Donalds, Cokesbury, Waterloo, 
  Hodges, Lowndesville and Troy.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are 
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded 
roads. Find an alternate route.

&&

LAT...LON 3401 8259 3421 8274 3454 8224 3459 8224
      3479 8215 3459 8189 3460 8184 3453 8165
      3437 8178 3430 8190 3420 8194 3413 8187
      3396 8201 3395 8205 3398 8205 3397 8218
      3402 8224 3397 8231 3406 8233 3408 8248

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2.5-3.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

MPR