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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

548 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001



...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE STANDING WATER IN SPARTANBURG 

COUNTY...



AT 548 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTY. 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL ACCOMPANY THIS 

AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AS IT CONTINUES SOUTHWARD OVER SPARTANBURG 

COUNTY.



CONSIDERABLE STANDING WATER WILL DEVELOP IN LOW SPOTS THROUGHOUT THE 

COUNTY. SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER WILL ESPECIALLY OCCUR IN URBAN 

AREAS IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG...ESPECIALLY THOSE AREAS 

WITH A HISTORY OF POOR DRAINAGE.



THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO CREATE RAPID RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND 

CREEKS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO ANY AREAS WHERE THE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY.

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