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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

320 AM EDT TUE JUL 31 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR OCONEE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 315 AM...



AT 315 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAIN THAT COVERED MOST 

OF THE COUNTY EARLIER TONIGHT HAD ALL BUT DISSIPATED. A FEW 

SCATTERED SHOWERS REMAINED TO THE WEST OF WALHALLA...AND THERE WERE 

A FEW SHOWERS IN THE EXTREME SOUTHERN END OF THE COUNTY NEAR FAIR 

PLAY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 

OVERNIGHT HOURS.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN DURING THIS EPISODE FELL IN EXTREME NORTHWEST 

OCONEE COUNTY...BETWEEN LONGCREEK AND MOODY GROVE. COUNTY OFFICIALS 

REPORTED NO FLOODING. HOWEVER...THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT NO FLOODING 

HAS OCCURRED...ONLY THAT NONE HAS BEEN REPORTED. MOTORISTS ARE STILL 

URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF TRAVELING INTO NORTHWEST OCONEE COUNTY 

FROM WALHALLA OR WESTMINSTER...FOR THERE IS STILL A POSSIBILITY THAT 

SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL OVERFLOW ONTO COUNTY ROADS.



OFFICIALS DID REPORT A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN DURING THE HEAVY RAIN 

EPISODE...HOWEVER. ONE ON WEST PINE GROVE ROAD...THE OTHER ALONG 

HIGHWAY 107 EAST OF MOUNTAIN REST. 



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION...OR 

CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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