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NCZ048-041800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

102 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MADISON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 1 PM...



HOWEVER...HIGH WATER CONTINUES TO AFFECT STREAMS AND 

ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY AROUND THE 

LAUREL CREEK BASINS.  THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER REPORTED THAT 

FLOODING HAS OCCURRED...WITH EVACUATIONS REQUIRED...AROUND BIG CREEK 

AND ALONG PARTS OF HIGHWAYS 208 AND 212.  THESE HIGH WATER LEVELS 

WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON.  HEAVY RAINFALL HAS 

DIMINISHED IN THE COUNTY FOR THE TIME BEING.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE REISSUED QUICKLY IF HEAVY 

RAIN MOVES BACK INTO THE COUNTY...OR IF DAMS HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY 

THE HEAVY RAINFALL OF THE PAST WEEK.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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JONES

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