Alert: Flash Flood Warning issued December 30 at 2:59PM EST expiring December 30 at 9:00PM EST by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC

Event: Flash Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Issued: 2015-12-30T14:59:40-05:00
Expires: 2015-12-30T21:00:00-05:00
WEA Text: Flash Flood Warning this area til 9:00 PM EST. Avoid flood areas. Check local media. -NWS
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA…

* UNTIL 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY

* AT 253 PM EST…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY
RAIN SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS LAURENS COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHWEST…AND
THIS HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. RADAR AND RAIN GAGES INDICATE RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND 3
INCHES IN MANY LOCATIONS IN LAURENS COUNTY OVER THE PAST 12
HOURS…AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AT RATES OF ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR
IS LIKELY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS
WILL THUS CONTINUE OR WORSEN…WITH NEW FLOODING LIKELY DEVELOPING.

* LAURENS COUNTY REPORTS ROADS FLOODED AND CLOSED AROUND THE CROSS
HILL AREA. A PORTION OF HIGHWAY 560 AT HIGHWAY 39 HAS COLLAPSED
AND REMAINS CLOSED. IN ADDITION…EAST LIBERTY SPRINGS ROAD WAS
FLOODED AND CLOSED. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG
TRIBUTARIES TO LAKE GREENWOOD AND ALONG CANE CREEK WEST OF CROSS
HILL. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY.
Instruction: NUMEROUS ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL BE THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN AND
RAPIDLY RISING STREAMS AND CREEKS. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WATER
OVER ROADWAYS…ROAD SIGNAGE…AND BARRICADES INDICATING HIGH WATER
AND FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY
YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN!

PLEASE REPORT FLOOD WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS OR THREATENING
PROPERTY…OR LANDSLIDES 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.

Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Categories: Met,
Area Description: Laurens

Message Identifier: NWS-141029-1120149-1061860
CAP MessageType: Alert
Added note: – Flash Flood Warnings warnings