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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

105 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR RABUN COUNTY 

GEORGIA...

...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO AFFECT MACON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA...



AT 105 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE BORDER BETWEEN RABUN COUNTY GEORGIA 

AND MACON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY 

STATIONARY...AND CONTINUED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF ABOUT 

2 INCHES PER HOUR. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS IS 

EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF SKY VALLEY AND MOUNTAIN CITY 

THROUGH 2 PM. ROUTE 23 BETWEEN THE NORTH CAROLINA BORDER AND CLAYTON 

MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE RISING WATER...AS WELL AS LESS TRAVELED ROADS 

BETWEEN ROUTE 23 AND ROUTE 28.



HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO AFFECT MACON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA FROM 

FRANKLIN SOUTHWARD TO THE GEORGIA BORDER. RAPIDLY RISING STREAMS AND 

SUBSTANTIAL STANDING WATER IN LOW SPOTS WILL DEVELOP FROM ROUTE 23 

EASTWARD TO NEAR HIGHLANDS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. IF NEAR STREAMS OR CREEKS IN THE AFFECTED AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

$$

HG

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