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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

221 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2001



SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...DEVELOPING ALONG SOUTHEAST 

FACING SLOPES OF THE GREAT SMOKIES...WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 

THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG NEARLY THE ENTIRE BORDER BETWEEN SWAIN AND 

HAYWOOD COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS CENTERED JUST WEST OF BALSAM 

MOUNTAIN...NEAR PIN OAK GAP. AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES FROM THIS AREA 

SHOWED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE NOON.



STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE AREA MAY BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE A RAPID...AND 

RATHER SIGNIFICANT RISE...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AS THE SHOWERS AND 

STORMS RAIN THEMSELVES OUT. SOME STREAMS COULD APPROACH...OR EVEN 

SURPASS...BANKFULL. IF RAINFALL PERSISTS IN THIS REGION FOR MUCH 

LONGER...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BECOME NECESSARY.



THOSE PARTICIPATING IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ALONG THIS STRETCH OF THE 

NATIONAL PARK...INCLUDING CAMPERS AND HIKERS...SHOULD MONITOR WATER 

LEVELS FREQUENTLY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND PREPARE TO MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY SHOULD IT BECOME NECESSARY...OR IF A FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION...OR 

CABLE TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER 

SITUATION.



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