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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

132 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001



...HEAVY RAIN TO CONTINUE OVER ANDERSON COUNTY...



AT 130 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY 

RAIN OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF ANDERSON COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 

AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN LESS THAN AN HOURS TIME IN A 

LINE FROM STARR TO THE CITY OF ANDERSON. THIS HAS RESULTED IN MINOR 

FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. 



THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD SHIFT EAST OF ANDERSON...AND AFFECT AREAS 

FROM TOWNVILLE AND SANDY SPRINGS. IN THIS AREA...RAINFALL RATES OF 1 

TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. IF THE 

THUNDERSTORMS BACKBUILD INTO THE CITY OF ANDERSON AGAIN...THEN URBAN 

FLOODING PROBLEMS WOULD WORSEN. 



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.

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