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WGUS72 KGSP 250124

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NCZ067-250215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

918 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR RUTHERFORD 

COUNTY...



AT 918 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH OVER RUTHERFORD 

COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA OF 

CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY THAT HAS EXPERIENCED A SERIES OF SLOWLY 

MOVING...HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING SHOWERS. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 

ABOUT 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS ALONG A 

LINE FROM HARRIS TO FOREST CITY TO SUNSHINE...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH 

OF RAIN MAY FALL BEFORE THE SHOWERS MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA.



RUTHERFORD COUNTY REPORTS THAT FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AT 

CENTRAL HIGH HILL PARK IN RUTHERFORDTON. FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND 

TRIBUTARIES EAST OF ROUTE 64...AND EXCESSIVE STANDING WATER IN POOR 

DRAINAGE LOCATIONS AROUND FOREST CITY AND SPINDALE...ARE ALSO LIKELY 

TO DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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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