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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

630 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2001



...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM WEST OF 

HENDERSONVILLE TO TUCKASEGEE...



AT 630 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NEARLY 

STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM ETOWAH IN WESTERN HENDERSON 

COUNTY...TO NORTH OF BREVARD TO NEAR TUCKASEGEE IN CENTRAL JACKSON 

COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS WAS ABOUT 

5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BREVARD...OR JUST WEST OF LOOKING GLASS FALLS. 



THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF ABOUT 3 

INCHES PER HOUR. RAPID RISES ON STREAMS AND CREEKS CAN BE EXPECTED. 

THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEFLY GUSTY WINDS 

TO 35 MPH.



MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED ARE AVERY AND GLASS CREEKS IN NORTHERN 

TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY...AS WELL AS THE DAVIDSON RIVER AND ALL NEARBY 

STREAMS AND CREEKS. THE SITUATION WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED BY THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CASE ANY FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE 

NECESSARY.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS ANY ROADWAYS THAT BECOME FLOODED. IF 

YOU ARE IN THE AFFECTED AREA...IT IS URGENT THAT YOU STAY TUNED TO 

NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET IN CASE WARNINGS 

BECOME NECESSARY.

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