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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

423 AM EDT WED JUN 13 2001



...HEAVY RAINFALL BEGINNING TO ADD UP IN PART OF THE PIEDMONT...



AT 4 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THAT SIGNIFICANT RAIN OVERNIGHT HAD 

EXTENDED NORTH ALONG A LINE FROM JUST SOUTH OF HARTWELL...TO WARE 

SHOALS AND LAURENS SOUTH CAROLINA...TO JUST SOUTH OF UNION SOUTH 

CAROLINA.  IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS ALONG A LINE FROM ELBERTON TO ABBEVILLE.  

AROUND LAKE RUSSELL...THE RADAR HAD ESTIMATED AN AREA OF 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN SINCE LAST EVENING...OR PERHAPS A BIT MORE.



AT 4 AM THE GREENWOOD COUNTY AIRPORT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN...WITH 3/4 

INCH SINCE MIDNIGHT.  BANDS OF SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE 

SHOWN BETWEEN LAURENS AND UNION...AND BETWEEN KINGS MOUNTAIN AND 

ROCK HILL.  THE BANDS OF RAIN WERE GENERALLY MOVING WEST...WITH THE 

ENTIRE AREA NEARLY STATIONARY...OR WITH A VERY SLOW NORTHEAST DRIFT.



A CHECK WITH ELBERT AND ABBEVILLE COUNTY OFFICIALS INDICATED THE 

RAINFALL HAS NOT BEEN EXCESSIVE SO FAR.  THE PRECEDING DRY 

CONDITIONS AND THE DURATION OF THE RAINFALL...HAVE OFFSET 

POTENTIAL RUNOFF PROBLEMS.



HOWEVER...AS HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES THIS MORNING...SOME SMALL 

STREAMS MAY REACH BANKFULL...AND URBAN FLOOD PROBLEMS COULD DEVELOP 

AROUND GREENWOOD...AND ALONG HIGHWAYS AND COUNTRY ROADS.  PONDING OF 

WATER WILL BE A CONCERN FOR MORNING COMMUTERS. THE MAIN AREA OF 

CONCERN COULD SHIFT NORTHEAST LATER TODAY.



IT IS STILL POSSIBLE THAT FLOOD WATCHES OR WARNINGS COULD BE 

REQUIRED LATER TODAY.  MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH CAREFULLY FOR FLOODED 

ROADS...AND PEOPLE SHOULD KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR HIGH WATER 

TODAY.



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JONES

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