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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

300 AM EDT TUE JUL 31 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 AM FOR RABUN COUNTY...



AT 3 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WERE NOT ONLY WEAKENING...BUT SHIFTING OUT OF THE COUNTY ALTOGETHER. 

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST RABUN COUNTY...NEAR 

THE BORDER WITH MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA. HOWEVER...RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN 

CLAYTON AND DILLARD OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH THE 

WARNING EXPIRATION TIME SHOULD BE NO MORE THAN A HALF INCH...BUT 

THIS WILL STILL BE ENOUGH TO CREATE ISOLATED POCKETS OF FLASH 

FLOODING ALONG THE HIGHWAY 23 AND 441 CORRIDORS.



EMERGENCY OFFICIALS HAD REPORTED NO FLOODING AS OF 255 AM. 

HOWEVER...ENOUGH RAIN HAD FALLEN TO CAUSE SHALLOW STREAMS AND CREEKS 

TO RISE ABOVE BANKFULL. THE 911 CENTER REPORTED THAT A COUPLE OF 

TREES HAD BEEN KNOCKED OVER DURING THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS WITHIN THE 

CLAYTON CITY LIMITS...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES WHEN THE TREES FELL 

ON POWER LINES.



MOTORISTS VENTURING OUT ON RABUN COUNTY ROADS THROUGH THE PREDAWN 

HOURS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER STANDING WATER ON COUNTY 

ROADS. IF THIS OCCURS...STOP DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES THROUGH AREAS 

WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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

UPDATES ON THIS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION.



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