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WGUS72 KGSP 252203

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

604 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2001



...HEAVY RAIN TO AFFECT SPARTANBURG COUNTY THIS EVENING...



AT 604 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN 

MOVING INTO SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. THE AREA OF RAIN WAS SLOWLY 

MOVING NORTH AND DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN THE LAST 24 HOURS 

THIS IS EXPECTED TO 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 SPARTANBURG COUNTY LATER THIS EVENING AND 

DURING THE NIGHT.



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 IMMEDIATELY.



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