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WGUS72 KGSP 030657

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SCZ001-004-030845-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

255 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001



...VERY HEAVY RAIN TO AFFECT PARTS OF OCONEE COUNTY...



AT 250 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF 

THE COUNTY...EXTENDING FROM WALHALLA TO MOUNTAIN REST AND SALEM. 

RAINFALL RATES IN THIS AREA WILL APPROACH 2 INCHES AN HOUR.



A SMALL AREA TO THE NORTHWEST OF SALEM HAS ALREADY RECEIVED AROUND 3 

INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING. AS THIS NEXT AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MOVES 

IN...RAPID RISES IN STREAMS AND SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND 

AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN SALEM WILL DEVELOP. IN PARTICULAR... 

PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG BURGESS CREEK NORTH OF SALEM.



IF THE HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES IN THIS AREA...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

MAY BE NEEDED.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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