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WGUS72 KGSP 130251

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GAZ029-SCZ011-019-130600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1050 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001



...HEAVY RAIN TO CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE UPSTATE...



AT 1045 PM THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON WERE LOCATED ABOUT 

40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AUGUSTA. A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 

EXTENDED TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER OF THE LOW. THE NORTHERN MOST 

EDGE OF THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN HAS DROPPED ABOUT 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

ACROSS ELBERT AND ABBEVILLE COUNTIES SINCE 8 PM.



AS THE LOW CENTER HAS BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY...ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER ELBERT AND ABBEVILLE COUNTIES. ALSO...THE 

HEAVY RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT GREENWOOD COUNTY LATER TONIGHT. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...AND POSSIBLY 

MORE...ARE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. THIS RESULT IN RAPID RISES ALONG 

STREAMS AND PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



IT THE RAIN CONTINUES AT ITS PRESENT INTENSITY...A FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED. ONE SIGN OF A DEVELOPING FLASH FLOOD 

THREAT IS SEVERAL HOURS OF NEARLY CONTINUOUS THUNDER...A SIGN OF 

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT...AS IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. EVEN MODERN SPORT 

UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT SAFELY CROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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