FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 743 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1045 AM EST
* AT 739 AM EST RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL CAUSE LOCAL
STREAMS AND RIVERS TO GO ABOVE BANKFULL AND FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS
ALONG THESE CREEKS. THE MIDDLE TYGER RIVER WILL LIKELY FLOOD MT
LEBANON ROAD AND THE REEDY RIVER WILL LIKELY FLOOD IN CLEVELAND
PARK. SEVERAL OTHER ROADWAYS WILL ALL SO LIKELY FLOOD DUE TO POOR
DRAINAGE.
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.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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 3513 8258 3518 8192 3474 8182 3471 8206
3474 8208 3475 8211 3478 8214 3473 8215
3470 8218 3461 8221 3450 8234
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PAT
HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 439 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING.
INCREASINGLY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AS
SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH. AS THE DAY
WEARS ON SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH ARE LIKELY...
AND DURING THE AFTERNOON...GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.
TREES MAY BE UPROOTED AND POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
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