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WGUS72 KGSP 251243

FFSGSP

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ007>009-013-014-251430-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

843 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA NO LONGER 

IN EFFECT...

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

NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT...



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER PIEDMONT. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN 

THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING 

THE IMMEDIATE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. HOWEVER...VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL 

OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AIRMASS 

HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF FORMING JUST ABOUT ANYTIME...DAY OR NIGHT. 

THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON.



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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