...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN PICKENS AND WEST CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM EDT... AT 1142 PM EDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS AND RESIDENTS REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN THE AREAS OF PICKENS...SIX MILE...LIBERTY...AND NORRIS IN PICKENS COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN PICKENS SINCE 930 PM. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 1 AM...RESULTING IN LIGHT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. HOWEVER...SEVERAL TRIBUTARIES TO TWELVE MILE CREEK HAVE RESULTED IN FLOODING OF ROADS AND BRIDGES IN THE SIX MILE...LIBERTY...AND PICKENS AREAS. INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AREAS ALONG TWELVE MILE CREEK NEAR NORRIS AND CENTRAL WILL LIKELY SEE RAPIDLY RISING WATER...WITH AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...THE EIGHTEEN MILE CREEK BASIN ALSO EXPERIENCED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN. AREAS ALONG EIGHTEEN MILE CREEK FROM NORRIS TO PENDLETON WILL LIKELY SEE RAPIDLY RISING WATER INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... CLEMSON...PICKENS...CENTRAL...NORRIS...PENDLETON AND SANDY SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. 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 3454 8286 3465 8283 3487 8291 3491 8269 3457 8273 MC
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 03:55:54 +0000
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