THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTH CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 700 AM EDT * AT 400 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED ALREADY THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE PENDLETON TO CENTRAL AREAS...AND ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CLEMSON...CENTRAL...LIBERTY...NORRIS...PENDLETON AND SANDY SPRINGS. DEEP STANDING WATER IS EXPECTED ON ROADS ESPECIALLY ALONG 18 MILE CREEK NEAR PENDLETON AND US 76 LEADING INTO CLEMSON. SHANKLIN CREEK MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG HARRISON... SARRAR AND CHERRY STREETS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. && LAT...LON 3481 8266 3456 8266 3455 8282 3481 8283 -SWC-
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 08:03:55 +0000