Issued by NWS Greer, SC
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WGUS42 KGSP 060558
FLWGSP
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1258 AM EST SAT FEB 6 2010
SCC091-061400-
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YORK SC-
1258 AM EST SAT FEB 6 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN...
YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 900 AM EST
* AT 1253 AM EST...AN AUTOMATED STREAM GAUGE ON WILDCAT CREEK SOUTH
OF ROCK WILL INDICATED THE LEVEL HAS RISEN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. RUNOFF
FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL KEEP LOCAL STREAM AND CREEK LEVELS
ELEVATED.
* WILDCAT CREEK IS NOW AT 10.83 FEET....WHICH IS ABOUT 2 FEET ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE. AT THIS LEVEL MCCONNELLS HIGHWAY...SALUDA ROAD AND PARTS
OF HIGHWAY 324 NEAR THE CREEK WILL BE FLOODED.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER THAT MOST FLOOD FATALITIES ARE THE RESULT OF DRIVING INTO
FLOODED STREETS...ROADS...OR STREAMS...OR OCCUR WHEN CHILDREN PLAY IN
OR NEAR STORM DRAINS OR STREAMS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF 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.
TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER
SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL
FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
&&
LAT...LON 3483 8088 3482 8089 3481 8147 3484 8146
3489 8148 3501 8147 3504 8146 3506 8141
3514 8138 3515 8105 3511 8103 3506 8106
3504 8104 3510 8093 3506 8089 3502 8090
3495 8086
$$
KRENTZ
