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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

940 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 AM FOR MADISON COUNTY...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS 

TODAY...



BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE FROM WEST TO 

EAST ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS

3.5 INCHES HAVE BEEN RECORDED BY SOME AUTOMATIC RAIN GAGES IN THE 

WATCH AREA. RAINFALL OF OVER 2 INCHES SINCE 7 AM HAS BEEN ESTIMATED 

BY DOPPLER RADAR ACROSS MOST OF MADISON COUNTY...AND IN A LARGE PART

OF SWAIN COUNTY. 



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL RECORDED BY GAGES IN SWAIN COUNTY HAS ACTUALLY 

BEEN WELL AWAY FROM THE TENNESSEE BORDER...NEAR POTATO 

KNOB...SOUTHWEST OF BRYSON CITY. RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND CREEKS 

DOWNSTREAM...TOWARD THE TUCKASEGEE AND LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVERS WEST 

OF BRYSON CITY...WILL CAUSE MODERATE RISES ON THESE TWO 

WATERWAYS...WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON MORE SHALLOW STREAMS. 

RISES ONTHE TUCKASEGEE RIVER AT BRYSON CITY AND THE OCONALUFTEE 

RIVER AT BIRDTOWN ARE ANTICIAPTED AS WELL.



THUS FAR...NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE. HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...WITH 

SEVERAL HOURS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN YET TO COME. BE ESPECIALLY 

CAUTIOUS IF CAMPING CLOSE TO WATER. COMMUTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO 

ENCOUNTER STANDING WATER ON ROADS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR 

UPDATES ON THIS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION.



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