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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

208 AM EDT TUE JUL 31 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR OCONEE COUNTY UNTIL 315 AM...



AT 205 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED RAINFALL DIMINISHING IN BOTH 

COVERAGE...AND INTENSITY...IN OCONEE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN WAS LOCATED IN THE SUMTER NATIONAL FOREST...BETWEEN HIGHWAY 76

AND WHETSTONE CREEK...SOUTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN REST. RADAR WAS 

ESTIMATING RAINFALL RATES HAD DIMINISHED TO BETWEEN ONE-HALF INCH 

AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR. THE ENTIRE AREA OF RAIN WAS 

SHIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST...AS MORE INTENSE ACTIVITY DEVELOPS 

TO THE WEST IN GEORGIA. HOWEVER...ENOUGH RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 

MIDNIGHT IN NORTHWEST OCONEE COUNTY TO CAUSE STREAMS AND CREEKS TO

OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO SHOWN IN 

WALHALLA...AND WAS APPROACHING WESTMINSTER.



COUNTY OFFICIALS WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS AS OF 

2 AM. HOWEVER...AS RAINFALL CONTINUES...NOTICEABLE RISES ON STREAMS 

AND CREEKS IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN OCONEE COUNTY CAN BE 

EXPECTED...AND SOME OF THE SMALLER STREAMS COULD OVERFLOW ONTO  

COUNTY ROADS.



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER 

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. AND STAY TUNED 

TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES ON 

THIS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION.

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BURRUS

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