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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

930 AM EDT FRI JUL 20 2001



...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES...



AT 940 AM... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN PERSISTED IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA 

AND IN THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA.  RADAR SHOWED THE 

HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEASTERN 

ANDERSON COUNTY ACROSS SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY INTO NORTHERN 

LAURENS COUNTY.  THE RAIN WAS DRIFTING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 

10 MPH.



ANOTHER NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER POLK 

COUNTY.  PRECIPITATION RATES IN POLK COUNTY WERE NOT EXCESSIVE.  

HOWEVER... THE RAIN WAS MOVING VERY LITTLE. SOME SUBSTANTIAL 

RAINFALL TOTALS COULD ACCUMULATE IF THE PRECIPITATION PERSISTS OVER 

THE SAME AREA FOR SEVERAL HOURS.



PEOPLE IN THE AREAS WHERE RAIN IS OCCURRING SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS NEAR 

STREAMS AND IN LOCATIONS WHERE WATER DRAINAGE IS POOR.



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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