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. && LAT...LON 3424 8302 3422 8308 3426 8313 3423 8319 3437 8323 3448 8318 3454 8311 3447 8301 3448 8289 3445 8286 3437 8284 3436 8281 3429 8278 3425 8292 3421 8298 -SWC-
Posted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 05:11:46 +0000
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