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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

110 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR CALDWELL 

COUNTY...



AT 110 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 

OVER EASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN 

SOME LOCATIONS. THE COUNTY 911 CENTER REPORTS THAT MUDSLIDES HAVE 

OCCURRED ALONG COLLETTSVILLE ROAD AND ON ROUTE 321 NORTH OF LENOIR. 

SERIOUS FLOODING IS ALSO OCCURRING IN AND AROUND LENOIR...WITH 

NUMEROUS VEHICLES STALLED IN RISING WATER.



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THROUGH 3 AM WILL BE IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST 

CALDWELL COUNTY...NEAR THE BURKE COUNTY BORDER. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 

TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. STREAMS MAY 

EXCEED BANKFULL ALONG TRIBUTARIES THAT FEED INTO LAKE RHODISS.



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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