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WGUS72 KGSP 030903

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SCZ010-031100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

503 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001



A SMALL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPED 

OVER LAKE HARTWELL AROUND 4 AM.  THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING 

SLOWLY TOWARD THE CITY OF ANDERSON...AND JUST BEFORE 5 AM WERE OVER 

THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CITY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL RATES 

SHOWN SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF ANDERSON.



AS THE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE ANDERSON AREA THROUGH ABOUT 7 

AM...URBAN FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE.  SIMILAR STORMS EARLIER THIS 

MORNING CAUSED SEVERE URBAN FLOODING QUICKLY IN OTHER AREAS. 

ALTHOUGH THIS NEW AREA OF STORMS IS NOT AS LARGE AS THOSE... 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED IF THE STORMS BECOME 

LARGER...STRONGER...OR REMAIN OVER THE SAME LOCATION FOR SOME TIME.



THE STORMS WERE ALSO CAUSING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.



PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OF ANDERSON...SUCH AS CLEMSON 

BOULEVARD...WHITNER CREEK...AND THE BROADWAY CREEK AND LAKE AREA 

SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING THIS 

MORNING.

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JONES

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