FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 920 AM EDT FRI AUG 30 2013 SCC073-301530- /O.NEW.KGSP.FA.Y.0399.130830T1320Z-130830T1530Z/ /00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ OCONEE SC- 920 AM EDT FRI AUG 30 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IN... CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 1130 AM EDT * AT 918 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTH CENTRAL OCONEE COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. * RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO OCCUR... ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE...WALHALLA... LAKE KEOWEE...SALEM AND WESTMINSTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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. && LAT...LON 3499 8294 3483 8294 3464 8306 3463 8316 3496 8308 $$ JOH [Richard - 301]
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