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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

850 AM EDT FRI JUL 20 2001



...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EASTERN PICKENS COUNTY 

ACROSS SOUTHERN GREENVILLE AND SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES WERE 

PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING.  THE HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE TO THE 

SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ANDERSON AND LAURENS COUNTIES 

BEFORE 930 AM.



RAINFALL RATES IN THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS ARE APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES 

PER HOUR.  FORTUNATELY... THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 

ABOUT 10 MPH SO NO SINGLE LOCATION IS LIKELY TO RECEIVE SUFFICIENT 

PRECIPITATION TO PRODUCE MAJOR FLOODING.  NONETHELESS... EVERYONE 

SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HIGH WATER LEVELS ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND IN 

POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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