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WGUS72 KGSP 130606

FFSGSP

SCZ013-130700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

205 AM EDT FRI JUL 13 2001



THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN UNION COUNTY HAVE PRODUCED VERY 

HEAVY RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT.  RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT OVER 2 

INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN THE AREA AROUND JONESVILLE.  THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 3 AM...POTENTIALLY DROPPING 

ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAIN.  



HEAVY RAIN SUCH AS THIS COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW 

LYING AREAS...CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS.  ALSO...SMALL STREAMS 

OR CREEKS COULD RISE QUICKLY FROM RUNOFF.  



RESIDENTS OF THE AREA AND MOTORISTS TRAVELING THROUGH NORTHERN UNION 

COUNTY SHOULD WATCH FOR RISING STREAMS OR PONDING ON ROADS AND 

HIGHWAYS. MOVE TO SAFETY IF RISING WATER THREATENS.  MOTORISTS 

SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY.  



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.



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