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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

502 PM EDT WED JUN 20 2001



...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AFFECTING EASTERN BUNCOMBE AND SOUTHERN 

YANCEY COUNTIES...



NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS...BETWEEN BLACK MOUNTAIN AND MOUNT 

MITCHELL...HAVE PRODUCED RAINFALL OF CLOSE TO TWO INCHES SINCE MID 

AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS BEEN BETWEEN BLACK MOUNTAIN AND 

MONTREAT...ALONG FLAT CREEK. A SECONDARY HEAVY RAIN AREA WAS IN 

SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTY...NEAR MOUNT MITCHELL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

MOVING VERY LITTLE...BUT WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN WITH THE LOSS OF 

DAYTIME HEATING. 



RAPID RISES ON FEEDER STREAMS INTO FLAT CREEK CAN BE EXPECTED 

THROUGH EARLY EVENING...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER ON 

ROADS...PERHAPS EVEN STANDING WATER FOR A BRIEF TIME...AND ALSO IN 

POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...FROM DOWNTOWN BLACK MOUNTAIN TO MONTREAT. 

WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RECEDE QUICKLY THIS EVENING.



IF HEAVY RAIN PERSISTS MUCH LONGER IN THE SAME AREA...A FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING FOR EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY COULD BE NECESSARY.



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

UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.



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