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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1214 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM FOR MADISON COUNTY 

NORTH CAROLINA...



AT NOON EDT...THE MADISON COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER 

REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING HAD STARTED IN THE BIG CREEK AREA...AND 

APPARENTLY ALONG OTHER STREAMS NEAR THERE.  EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN 

REQUIRED...AND MORE WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.



RADAR...SATELLITE...AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES HAVE SHOWN THAT 

CRITICAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN EXCEEDED FOR SERIOUS FLASH 

FLOODING TO BEGIN OR CONTINUE ALONG THE LAUREL CREEK SYSTEM. ALSO 

FLASH FLOODING OF THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES IS LIKELY 

FROM HOT SPRINGS DOWNSTREAM.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS...SERIOUS...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD 

SITUATION.  THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED THROUGH 

MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON.



DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS OR LOW AREAS.  BRIDGES WILL 

LIKELY BE WASHED AWAY OR WEAKENED.  EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY 

VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE FROM FLOWING WATER



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JONES

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