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NCZ033-034-048>055-058-059-300000-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

335 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF...

JACKSON...CALDWELL...SWAIN...MADISON...HAYWOOD...MITCHELL...MCDOWELL

...AVERY...GRAHAM...YANCEY...BUNCOMBE AND BURKE UNTIL 800 PM THIS 

EVENING...



AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES ACROSS THE WATCH AREA INDICATE THAT WIDESPREAD

ONE TO TWO INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN SINCE EARLY THIS 

MORNING...WITH LOCALIZED 3 TO 4 INCHES IN SOME OF THE MOUNTAIN COUNTIES

BORDERING TENNESSEE. 



RADAR INDICATES LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WAS STILL FALLING ACROSS THE

REGION WITH PRECIPITATION MOVING OFF TO THE EAST.  ADDITIONAL 

ACTIVITY WAS NOTED ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE AND WILL MOVE INTO THE 

MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY EVENING...MAINTAINING THE THREAT FOR LOCALLY 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE EXPECTED TO

RISE QUICKLY TO NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL LEVELS. REMEMBER...A WATCH

MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP

ABREAST OF THE WEATHER AND PREPARE TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD A

WARNING BE ISSUED.



BE READY TO ACT IMMEDIATELY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A FLASH

FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT DRIVE ON ROADS THAT ARE COVERED WITH

WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...BECAUSE THE WATER MIGHT BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW

SAFE PASSAGE. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF RISING WATER LEVELS THREATEN

YOUR LOCATION.

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