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WGUS72 KGSP 282319

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SCZ007-012-290015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

718 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2001



...HEAVY RAIN AFFECTING SPARTANBURG AND NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTIES...



SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 385 THROUGH

GRAY COURT AND FOUNTAIN INN...STRETCHING NORTHWARD THROUGH 

WOODRUFF...SPARTANBURG...BOILING SPRINGS AND CHESNEE...WILL CONTINUE 

TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NORTH THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE EVENING. RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ON THE 

EASTERN EDGE OF FOUNTAIN INN...OVER THE DURBIN CREEK BASIN...SINCE 6 

PM.



DURBIN...LITTLE DURBIN...AND FERGUSON CREEKS MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID 

RISES TO NEAR BANKFULL...AND COULD BRIEFLY FLOW OUT OF THEIR BANKS 

IF THE HEAVY RAIN PERSISTS MUCH LONGER. HOWEVER...RADAR TRENDS 

SUGGEST THE STORMS...AND ASSOCIATED RAINFALL RATES...WILL DIMINISH 

THROUGH 830 PM.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR 

UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.



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