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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

936 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001



...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN TO CONTINUE ALONG THE SAVANNAH 

RIVER...



AT 935 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SLOW MOVING AREA OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDING 

FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF WALHALLA TO LAKE RUSSELL.



A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS AFFECTED THIS AREA DURING THE 

AFTERNOON HOURS. RADAR ESTIMATES ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN 

IN THIS AREA SO FAR TODAY. THE HEAVIEST TOTALS WERE IN FAR WESTERN 

ABBEVILLE COUNTY...BETWEEN LOWNDESVILLE AND CALHOUN FALLS...AND 

RIGHT ALONG LAKE HARTWELL.



AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA BY 

THE TIME THE THUNDERSTORMS FINALLY MOVE TO THE SOUTH. THE AXIS OF 

HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO PASS JUST WEST OF WHERE THE EARLIER HEAVY 

RAINS FELL. AS A RESULT...SERIOUS FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. 

HOWEVER...STREAMS OVER MUCH OF WESTERN ABBEVILLE...ELBERT...HART AND 

FRANKLIN COUNTIES WILL RISE TO NEAR BANKFULL.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF WATER COVERED ROADS.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR 

UPDATES ON THIS FLOOD SITUATION.



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