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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

707 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR UNION COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA NO LONGER IN 

EFFECT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 AM FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY 

SOUTH CAROLINA...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS MORNING FOR PART OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND 

NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT...



FLASH FLOODING HAS OCCURRED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING IN 

SEVERAL COUNTIES.  AT 7 AM...RADAR SHOWED THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

OVER CHEROKEE COUNTY WAS BEGINNING TO WEAKEN SOMEWHAT.  

HOWEVER...RADAR HAS ESTIMATED VERY HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 

SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY...EXTENDING NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHERN 

UNION COUNTY...INTO SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY.  FLOODING HAS BEEN 

REPORTED THROUGH THIS AREA OVERNIGHT.



OTHER PIEDMONT LOCATIONS RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL LAST EVENING...AND 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING TO BEGIN QUICKLY.  

THESE AREAS INCLUDE YORK COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA...AND CLEVELAND AND 

CABARRUS COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED BRIDGES THIS 

MORNING...AND SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS.  MOST FLASH 

FLOOD FATALITIES HAPPEN WHEN VEHICLES ARE CAUGHT IN FLOOD WATER. 

SOME RESCUES HAVE BEEN REQUIRED OVERNIGHT IN THE WATCH AREA.



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JONES

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