Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Mar 20, 2003, 1:55 AM EST (06:55 UTC)

Expired

Mar 20, 2003, 5:00 AM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Oconee County, SC, Pickens County, SC

The Greer radar (KGSP), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS52 KGSP 200655
FFWGSP
GAC119-257-SCC073-077-201000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
155 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHERN OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 500 AM EST

* AT 146 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HOURLY 
  RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND ONE INCH WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA. 
  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 
  SEVERAL HOURS.   

* FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN SOME LOW LYING AND POOR 
  DRAINAGE AREAS. CONTINUED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN 
  SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS COMING OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AS WELL AS 
  URBAN AND ROAD FLOODING IN AREAS FROM CARNESVILLE...TO SENECA...
  TO EASLEY...INCLUDING THE PICKENS AND CLEMSON AREAS.  
    
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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.

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE
SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.

$$

LANE

000 
WGUS72 KGSP 200900
FFSGSP
GAC119-257-SCC073-077-200945-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
400 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM EST FOR STEPHENS...
FRANKLIN...PICKENS AND SOUTHERN OCONEE COUNTIES...

ALTHOUGH HEAVIER RAINS HAVE MOVED EAST OUT OF THE WARNED AREA... 
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO FROM 
CARNESVILLE...TO SENECA AND OAKWAY...TO PICKENS AND EASLEY. SOME 
SMALL STREAMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO BE OUT OF THEIR BANKS ACROSS 
PORTIONS OF PICKENS COUNTY. OTHERWISE...FLOODING HAS BEEN RELATIVELY 
MINOR ACROSS THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND 
MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE NEAR BANKFULL ACROSS ALL OF THE WARNED  
AREA. EVEN MODERATE RAINFALL COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.  

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. USE CAUTION IN OR NEAR ANY SMALL
CREEK TONIGHT...AND AVOID ROUTES THAT YOU KNOW ARE FLOOD PRONE.

DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD
BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE
SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER.

$$

LANE

000 
WGUS72 KGSP 201017
FFSGSP
GAC119-257-SCC073-077-201115-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
515 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR STEPHENS... 
FRANKLIN...PICKENS AND OCONEE COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 500 AM EST...

RAIN CONTINUED OVER THE AREA AT 515 AM... BUT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS 
MOVED TO THE EAST.  STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL SOON BEGIN TO 
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. EVEN THOUGH WATER LEVELS 
WILL BE LOWERING... SOME ROADWAYS STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. 
MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FLOODED ROADS AND ROADWAYS DAMAGED BY WATER WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SEE 
UNTIL SUNRISE.  BE CAREFUL WHILE TRAVELING DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS.

$$
LGL

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