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WGUS72 KGSP 260025

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NCZ034-260100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

825 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM FOR CALDWELL COUNTY...



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER CALDWELL COUNTY THIS 

EVENING...AND HAS BEEN ENOUGH THUS FAR TO SEND SOME MINOR STREAMS

OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY...NEAR THE 

ALEXANDER COUNTY LINE. PART OF HIGHWAY 90 WAS COVERED WITH WATER 

JUST WEST OF OAK HILL.



WEATHER RADAR INDICATES THE BACK EDGE OF THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING 

INTO WESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN 

BOTH COVERAGE...AND INTENSITY...FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. 

THERE MAY STILL BE SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT OVERRUN THEIR 

BANKS...BUT IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL 

NEED TO BE EXTENDED PAST THE ORIGINAL EXPIRATION TIME OF 9 PM.



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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