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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

700 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001



...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL TO AFFECT LAURENS TO NORTHERN UNION COUNTY 

SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH 8 PM EDT...



AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS 

MERGING ACROSS LAURENS...EXTREME SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG...AND NORTHERN 

UNION COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL AT RATES 

IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. RAPID RISES ON STREAMS AND CREEKS 

ARE LIKELY...AND MANY ROADWAYS WILL SEE CONSIDERABLE PONDING OF 

WATER. MOST AFFECTED WILL BE THE AREA FROM HICKORY TAVERN TO POPLAR 

SPRINGS IN WESTERN LAURENS COUNTY...AND THE JONESVILLE AREA OF 

NORTHERN UNION COUNTY.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH ROADWAYS THAT ARE COVERED WITH 

WATER. IF NEAR STREAMS OR CREEKS...PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO WATER 

LEVELS OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

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