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WGUS72 KGSP 042201

FFSGSP

NCZ048-050000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

600 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED IN MADISON COUNTY NORTH 

CAROLINA DUE TO FLASH FLOODING EARLIER TODAY.  RESCUE AND EMERGENCY

SERVICES CONTINUE THIS EVENING AS PEOPLE ARE BEING TAKEN TO SHELTERS

THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.  THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED 

AT THIS TIME.



CREEKS AND STREAMS HAVE WASHED OUT SOME ROADS AND BRIDGES.  AS 

IT GETS DARKER...MOTORIST SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION AND NOT TRY TO 

DRIVE THROUGH MOVING WATER.



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER MADISON COUNTY...HOWEVER SHOWERS AREA 

EXPECTED AGAIN LATER TONIGHT. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE AREA HAVE 

RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE.  EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS 

WERE RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER.  

ROADWAYS.



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DICARLO

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