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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

728 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS MORNING FOR A SMALL PART OF UPSTATE SOUTH 

CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES...



IN GEORGIA...



STEPHENS...FRANKLIN...HART...ELBERT...



IN SOUTH CAROLINA...



OCONEE...PICKENS...ANDERSON...



A CHECK WITH COUNTY COMMUNICATION CENTERS IN THE WATCH AREA 

INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING IN SEVERAL COUNTIES...BUT FLOODING 

WAS NOT YET REPORTED.  RADAR SHOWED THAT ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAIN...ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS...WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN HALF 

OF THE WATCH AREA BEFORE 10 AM...AND ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT COULD 

STILL OCCUR IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE WATCH AREA.



IN ADDITION...SOME HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DEVELOPED IN COUNTIES TO THE 

EAST AND NORTHEAST OF THE WATCH AREA.  HEAVY RAIN WAS SHOWN BY RADAR 

ACROSS PARTS OF ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...AND GREENVILLE COUNTIES IN 

UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.  IT IS POSSIBLE THE WATCH COULD BE EXPANDED 

LATER THIS MORNING TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL COUNTIES.  THE WATCH MAY 

ALSO BE EXTENDED INTO THE AFTERNOON IF THIS RAINFALL SYSTEM PERSISTS.



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WATER PONDING ON ROADS THIS MORNING 

DURING THE RUSH HOUR.  FLOODING WILL MOST LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG SMALL 

STREAMS...IN LOW AREAS...AND IN URBAN AREAS.



LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY WARNINGS.



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JONES

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