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WGUS72 KGSP 282208

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NCZ049-282300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

605 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR YANCEY

COUNTY...

AT 605 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTY. 

RADAR INDICATED THAT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL UP TO 5 INCHES HAS 

FALLEN NEAR CELO...AND FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING ALONG BROWNS 

CREEK ROAD. 



THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY WILL 

LIKELY PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF RAIN BEFORE THE RAINFALL 

ENDS. OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS FEEDING INTO THE SOUTH TOE RIVER WILL 

LIKELY SPILL OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AND ROADS CONNECTING TO ROUTE 80 

MAY BE THREATENED BY RISING WATER. 



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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