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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1208 PM EST THU MAR 29 2001



RAINFALL THIS MORNING INCREASED FROM LIGHT...TO MODERATE TO HEAVY 

OVER PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...AND PIEDMONT.  SO 

FAR...MANY PLACES HAVE RECORDED ABOUT AN INCH OF RAIN.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ANOTHER INCH AND A HALF WILL BE LIKELY 

THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.  THIS WILL BE ENOUGH 

RAINFALL TO CAUSE SOME URBAN FLOODING BY THE AFTERNOON RUSH 

HOUR...IN PLACES LIKE GREENWOOD...SPARTANBURG...GREENVILLE... 

ANDERSON...AND CHARLOTTE. FLOODING WITH THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN SHOULD 

BE LIMITED TO NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS...LIKE SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS...AND UNDERPASSES. SOME OF THE SMALL 

MOUNTAIN STREAMS COULD RUN HIGH...AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF 

PONDING ON AREA HIGHWAYS.



CONDITIONS WILL BE MONITORED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  ADDITIONAL 

STATEMENTS...WATCHES...OR WARNINGS COULD BE REQUIRED LATER THIS 

AFTERNOON.

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JONES

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