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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

534 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MADISON COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM...



AT 530 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NO PRECIPITATION OVER MADISON 

COUNTY...BUT ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE HEADING EAST TOWARD HE NORTH 

CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR 

SEVERAL HOURS...AND RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS 

INTO THE EARLY EVENING. 



HIGHWAY 208 IS CURRENTLY CLOSED FROM BELVA TO OLD MILL WHEEL DUE

TO FLOOD WATER FROM LITTLE LAUREL CREEK. THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER HAS 

FLOODED OVER RIVER ROAD BEGINNING APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES DOWNSTREAM 

FROM HOT SPRINGS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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