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WGUS72 KGSP 310835

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GAZ010-310900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

430 AM EDT TUE JUL 31 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RABUN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AS OF 430 AM 

EDT...

AT 430 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS RABUN COUNTY...WITH JUST PATCHY SPRINKLES 

REMAINING. RADAR ESTIMATES AND RAIN GAUGE MEASUREMENTS SHOW THAT IN 

EXCESS OF TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE AREA SINCE 

MIDNIGHT. WHILE THE COUNTY HAS RECEIVED NO REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING 

THUS FAR...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY HAVE 

SPILLED OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS FROM JUST WEST 

OF MOUNTAIN TO CITY TO NEAR CLAYTON...SO ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS WOULD 

BE MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP IN THESE AREAS.



CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF DRIVING THROUGH RABUN COUNTY THIS 

MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WILL BE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE IN 

THE DARK. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH ANY FLOODED ROADWAYS YOU 

MIGHT ENCOUNTER.

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