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WGUS72 KGSP 192145

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NCZ033-034-055-192330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

543 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001



...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN TO CONTINUE FROM NEWLAND TO 

EDGEMONT...



AT 540 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN ABOUT AN HOURS TIME ACROSS EASTERN 

AVERY COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WERE INDICATED OVER 

WESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY.



HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THESE AREAS...AS WELL AS EXTREME 

NORTHWEST BURKE COUNTY...FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 45 MINUTES. DURING THIS 

TIME AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN WILL BE LIKELY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD 

BEEN INDICATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF NEWLAND. RAPID RISES CAN BE EXPECTED 

ON THE LINVILLE RIVER. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ROUTE 194 AND 181 

SOUTHEAST OF NEWLAND SHOULD BE ALERT TO AREAS OF RISING WATER. IF 

THE HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND. 



CAMPERS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND IF THE HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES.



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