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WGUS72 KGSP 031902

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NCZ053-065-032100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

254 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH HENDERSON AND SOUTHERN 

BUNCOMBE COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN.  RADAR 

ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN PARTS OF WESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY 

INDICATE A POTENTIAL FLASH FLOOD PROBLEM IN THE AREA.  THE BIGGEST 

THREAT AT THIS TIME IS IN THE NORTH MILLS RIVER AREA WHERE THE 

HIGHEST  RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.



THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEAR THE BUNCOMBE AND HENDERSON 

COUNTY BORDER.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR COULD CAUSE 

SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE AND ROADS TO FLOOD.  CAMPERS IN THE 

AREA ARE STRONGLY URGED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  MOTORISTS SHOULD 

NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS OR BRIDGES.  



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



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