SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
244 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN TO AFFECT SOUTHERN PICKENS AND
WESTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EST...
AT 239 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN ANDERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN PICKENS
COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH AN HOUR WILL ACCOMPANY THE
STORMS.
IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN...THE STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING AND SMALL HAIL.
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SIX MILE...
PICKENS...NORRIS...LIBERTY...EASLEY...DACUSVILLE...CLEMSON...
CENTRAL...SANDY SPRINGS...SADLERS CREEK STAT...PENDLETON AND
ANDERSON.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE...THEREFORE SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

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