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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

452 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL NO LONGER BE IN EFFECT IN SPARTANBURG 

COUNTY AFTER 5 AM...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 7 AM FOR UNION COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PART OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH 

CAROLINA PIEDMONT THIS MORNING...



SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING HAS OCCURRED IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY 

OVERNIGHT...WHERE AT LEAST ONE MOTORIST REQUIRED RESCUE EAST OF 

WOODRUFF.  A NUMBER OF ROADS WERE REPORTED FLOODED EARLIER THIS 

MORNING...AND IT IS QUITE LIKELY THAT PEOPLE WILL FIND NUMEROUS 

SMALL STREAMS IN FLOOD AS DAYBREAK ARRIVES.  ALTHOUGH THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING WILL END AT 5 AM...HIGH WATER WILL CONTINUE THIS 

MORNING...PRIMARILY IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY.



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED TO NORTHERN UNION COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA 

AND SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL RATES 

HAVE REACHED AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES PER HOUR...AND THE COUNTY 

COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED ROAD FLOODING WAS BEGINNING TO OCCUR 

FROM THE SPARTANBURG COUNTY LINE...TO THE CITY OF UNION.  SIMILAR 

RAINFALL RATES WERE BEGINNING TO OCCUR IN EXTREME SOUTHERN CHEROKEE 

COUNTY...AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BECOME NECESSARY THERE SOON.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN 

OVERNIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING TO 

DEVELOP QUICKLY.  THESE AREAS INCLUDE CLEVELAND AND CABARRUS 

COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA...AND YORK COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA.



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.



$$

JONES

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