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WGUS72 KGSP 261134

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SCZ006-012-261400-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

735 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2001



...THE REEDY RIVER FROM WEST OF SIMPSONVILLE INTO LAURENS COUNTY 

RUNNING HIGH AND LIKELY FLOODING SOME AREAS THIS MORNING...



THE REEDY RIVER STAGE WEST OF SIMPSONVILLE WAS NEAR 15 FEET THIS 

MORNING...WHICH IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.  THE RISE IN THE 

WATER LEVEL HAS OCCURRED BECAUSE OF HEAVY RAINFALL WEDNESDAY.  SOME 

PARTS OF GREENVILLE COUNTY RECEIVED AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 3 TO MORE 

THAN 8 INCHES OF RAIN.



IN THE PAST...LEVELS AROUND 15 FEET WEST OF SIMPSONVILLE HAVE BEEN 

ASSOCIATED WITH FLOODING FARTHER DOWNSTREAM.  IN PARTICULAR...THE 

BRIDGE AT MARLER ROAD/DUNKLIN BRIDGE ROAD NEAR THE LAURENS COUNTY 

BORDER HAS FLOODED.  THESE HIGH WATER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FOR A 

GOOD PART OF THE DAY ALONG THE LOWER REEDY RIVER.



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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JONES

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