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WGUS72 KGSP 271115
FFSGSP

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
715 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024

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Oconee SC-Pickens SC-
715 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR PICKENS AND OCONEE COUNTIES...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM EDT THIS 
MORNING FOR OCONEE AND PICKENS COUNTIES...

At 715 AM EDT, emergency management reported hundreds of trees down 
preventing rescue operations. Shelter in place and do not travel 
unless fleeing floodwaters. Significant flooding is ongoing in 
multiple locations, resulting in road closures, first-floor 
inundation, and damage to some structures.  The risk of 
life-threatening landslide activity continues to increase in the 
South Carolina mountains. Between 5 and 8 inches of rain have 
fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1.5 to 2.5 inches in 1 hour.

This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Pickens and Oconee Counties. 
This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain producing
         flash flooding.

SOURCE...Emergency management reported.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
         urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
         Extensive flooding of homes and businesses.
         Widespread road closures.  Widespread life-threatening
         landslide activity.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Easley, Clemson, Seneca, Walhalla, Pickens, West Greenville, 
  Welcome, Central, Pendleton, Liberty, Westminster, Gumlog, Norris, 
  Six Mile, Tallulah Falls, Salem, Lake Keowee, Keowee Toxaway State 
  Park, Devils Fork State Park and Lake Jocassee.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to higher ground now! This is an extremely dangerous and 
life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are 
fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.

Heavy rain is significantly increasing the risk of landslides, 
especially in areas where slides have occurred in the past. Slides 
can destroy single homes and other structures and large sections of 
roads. If you are in the warned area, you should not travel, except 
to move away from flash flood or landslide dangers. If you are in 
the vicinity of a stream near the heavy rainfall, especially on a 
mountainside, or at the base of a mountain or in a cove, move 
immediately to a safer location.

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are 
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded 
roads. Find an alternate route.

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LAT...LON 3450 8307 3460 8316 3460 8317 3461 8323
      3470 8335 3482 8331 3482 8327 3493 8316
      3494 8311 3500 8310 3509 8278 3505 8275
      3507 8257 3501 8259 3502 8254 3498 8255
      3483 8248 3467 8279 3447 8300

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-2.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

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