Flash Flood Warning in effect until 1:45 PM EDT. Source: U.S. National Weather Service
Oconee & Pickens Counties: Flash Flood Warning
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg
has issued a Flash Flood Warning for…
Southeastern Oconee County in upstate South Carolina…
Southwestern Pickens County in upstate South Carolina…
* Until 145 PM EDT. *
At 9:43 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges showed that between 2 and 3 inches of rain had already fallen in the warned area and additional heavy showers will be seen through noon.
Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
- HAZARD…Flash flooding caused by heavy showers.
- SOURCE…Doppler radar and automated gauges.
- IMPACT…Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include…
Clemson, Seneca, Walhalla, Central, Pendleton, Liberty, Norris, Six Mile, Lake Keowee, Lake Hartwell, Townville, Oakway and Fair Play.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads.
Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.