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WGUS72 KGSP 251743

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GAZ028-251930-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

137 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001



...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL TO AFFECT HART COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM...

AT 137 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NEARLY 

STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST HART COUNTY. THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER 

HOUR...AND WERE MOVING VERY LITTLE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THE AREA AND CONSIDERABLE STANDING WATER AND 

RAPID STREAM RISES WILL LIKELY DEVELOP.



THE AREA OF MOST CONCERN WILL BE FROM BOWERSVILLE TO REED 

CREEK...NORTHWEST OF HARTWELL. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE 

CONCENTRATED NEAR SHOAL CREEK ALONG ROUTE 77. 



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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