This is my night yippee..... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ... GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA ... NORTHWESTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA ... WESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA ... * UNTIL 1030 PM EDT * AT 626 PM EDT ...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE OF AREA OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTIES AND CROSSING GREENVILLE AND WESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTH AND ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THESE SAME AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST 8 PM. RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS AND THESE HEAVY SHOWERS WERE FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. FLOODING WILL BE MOST LIKELY FROM EAST OF SIMPSONVILLE THROUGH GREER TO NORTH OF TRAVELERS REST. STREAMS AND CREEKS THROUGHOUT THE AREA ARE ALREADY AT BANKFULL AND IT MAY NOT TAKE MUCH MORE RAINFALL TO SEND THEM INTO FLOOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ...AS WELL AS LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 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. 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.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 22:49:20 +0000
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