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NCZ053-065-032315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

510 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2001



...SHOWERS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AFFECTING EASTERN BUNCOMBE AND 

HENDERSON COUNTIES...



AT 505 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED TWO AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER 

EASTERN BUNCOMBE AND HENDERSON COUNTIES. ONE AREA WAS JUST SOUTHEAST 

OF BLACK MOUNTAIN...ALONG HIGHWAY 9. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT IN EXCESS 

OF TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA OVER THE PAST HOUR. 

THE HEAVY RAIN IN THIS AREA WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE FARTHER 

SOUTH...THOUGH MORE CELLS COULD REDEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREA.



A SECOND AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ALONG AND JUST EAST OF 

INTERSTATE 26...ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF HENDERSONVILLE....IN 

HENDERSON COUNTY. THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS SLOWLY MOVING EAST...THOUGH 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES COULD EASILY FALL. THIS WILL 

RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER IN LOW SPOTS ON 

ROADS.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY RISE WHERE THE HEAVY RAIN IS 

FALLING. CAMPERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD MONITOR STREAM LEVELS AND BE 

READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF CONDITIONS WORSEN.



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