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WGUS72 KGSP 252039

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NCZ066-260230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

434 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001



...TORRENTIAL RAIN TO AFFECT POLK COUNTY...



AT 400 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT AS MUCH AS 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN CENTRAL POLK COUNTY...IN AROUND AN 

HOURS TIME. THE AREA OF RAIN WAS SLOWLY MOVING WEST...AND SHOULD 

EXIT THE COUNTY BY 5 PM. HOWEVER...THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT 

IN RAPID RISES ALONG STREAMS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS.



THUNDERSTORMS TODAY HAVE HAD A TENDENCY TO AFFECT THE SAME AREAS 

MULTIPLE TIMES. THUS...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT MORE THUNDERSTORMS MAY 

DEVELOP AND MOVE BACK INTO POLK COUNTY.



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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