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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

543 PM EST THU MAR 29 2001



...BRUSHY CREEK AT DEL NORTE WILL COME WITHIN A FOOT OF FLOOD 

STAGE...



AT 530 PM...THE LEVEL ON BRUSHY CREEK AT DEL NORTE WAS 6.30 FEET AND

RISING. WEATHER RADAR AT GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SHOWED THAT HEAVY 

RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...BUT SUGGESTED THAT LIGHT RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. RAINFALL FROM UPSTREAM CREEKS 

WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THE WATER LEVEL HIGHER AT DEL NORTE THROUGH 

EARLY EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EXPECTS THE STAGE AT DEL 

NORTE TO REACH A CREST OF NEARLY 7 FEET AROUND 7 PM...BEFORE THE 

CREEK BEGINS A GRADUAL DESCENT.



FLOOD STAGE AT DEL NORTE IS 8 FEET. AT 7 FEET...THE RIVER WILL 

EXCEED BANKFULL...BUT WILL BE JUST A LITTLE SHY OF REACHING BACK 

YARDS OF HOMES NEAR THE CREEK.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA 

OUTLET...FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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