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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1147 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2001



...VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST PARTS OF THE CITY

   OF SPARTANBURG... 



AT 1145 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING

3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR OVER THE 

EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF SPARTANBURG. THIS WILL LIKELY

CAUSE SOME STREET FLOODING IN THESE AREAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER

THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST PARTS OF THE CITY HAVE BEEN WEAKENING 

RECENTLY...BUT STILL MAY DROP ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IN THESE AREAS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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 IF FLOODING IS SPOTTED OR IMMANENT IN YOUR AREA.



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