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WGUS72 KGSP 292245

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NCZ048-300030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

639 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR WESTERN 

MADISON COUNTY...



AT 639 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOWLY 

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY PRODUCING 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN ALONG AND SOUTH OF SPRING CREEK MOUNTAIN. PART OF THIS 

RAINFALL HAS DRAINED INTO SPRING CREEK...WHILE ANOTHER PART HAS RUN 

OFF INTO BIG PINE CREEK...CREATING SIGNIFICANT RISES ON BOTH CREEKS.



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FROM 

THE SOUTH THROUGH THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...PRODUCING ABOUT AN 

ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN. STREAMS AND CREEKS WEST OF THE FRENCH BROAD 

RIVER ARE LIKELY TO SPILL OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND ONTO LOW SPOTS IN 

AREA ROADWAYS.



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.

$$

HG

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