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WGUS72 KGSP 030347

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SCZ012-019-030545-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1140 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2001



...SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER TO DEVELOP ON GREENWOOD COUNTY 

ROADWAYS...



AT 1140 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NEARLY STATIONARY 

THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MOST OF GREENWOOD COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL HAS BEEN OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE 

COUNTY...FROM CALLISON TO KIRKSEY...WHERE UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE FALLEN. COUNTY 911 REPORTS CONSIDERABLE STANDING WATER ON ROUTE 

25 NEAR KIRKSEY IN SOUTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY.



OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM THE CITY 

OF GREENWOOD TO THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 130 AM. RAPID 

RISES ON STREAMS AND CREEKS...AND SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON 

ROADWAYS...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE 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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HG

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