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NCZ048-060030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

638 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2001



...HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE LAUREL CREEK BASIN...



SHOWERS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS...ARE CONTINUING

TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHWEST ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN MADISON 

COUNTY...GENERALLY ACROSS THE HEADWATERS AND TRIBUTARIES OF LAUREL 

CREEK. THE MAIN HIGHWAYS IN THIS AREA ARE ROUTES 208 AND 212.



THIS AREA OF MADISON COUNTY HAS WITHSTOOD SEVERAL BOUTS OF FLOODING

DURING THE PAST WEEK OR SO AND RIVERS AND STREAMS CONTINUE TO RUN 

HIGH. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES THAT LOCALLY AROUND ONE INCH OF

RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OR SO

POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING.



RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS THIS EVENING AND

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR WATER ON ROADS.

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