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NCZ048-301200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

700 AM EDT MON JUL 30 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MADISON COUNTY NO LONGER IN EFFECT...



HOWEVER...HIGH WATER CONTINUES IN PARTS OF THE COUNTY THIS 

MORNING...FROM FLOODING WHICH OCCURRED SUNDAY AND AGAIN OVERNIGHT.



THE MADISON COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER REPORTED EARLY THIS 

MORNING THAT ADDITIONAL FLOODING OVERNIGHT...HAS CAUSED A HOUSE TO 

BE DAMAGED ALONG BIG LAUREL CREEK.  PARTS OF HIGHWAYS 19 AND 23 ARE 

COVERED WITH HIGH WATER...SAND...AND DEBRIS FROM FLOODING...AND 

PASSAGE MAY BE RESTRICTED OR BLOCKED IN SOME PLACES.



THE CENTER ALSO REPORTED THAT NUMEROUS BRIDGES WERE DAMAGED OR 

WASHED AWAY BY FLOODING SUNDAY AND AGAIN OVERNIGHT...AND THEREFORE 

MANY ROADS MAY BE CLOSED.



EVEN THOUGH THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED...DANGEROUS HIGH 

WATER CONDITIONS CONTINUE IN MADISON COUNTY.  ALSO...PEOPLE SHOULD 

MONITOR EARTHEN DAMS FOR OVERFLOW AND LEAKS THIS MORNING.



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.



$$

JONES

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