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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

428 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2001



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A SMALL CLUSTER A HEAVY 

SHOWERS IN SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

ARE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES DURING THE PAST TWO 

HOURS.  



WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF FLOODING...SIMILAR RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS CAUSED SOME MINOR STREAM FLOODING LAST NIGHT.  THE SHOWERS

ARE DISSIPATING.  HOWEVER...PERSONS IN JACKSON COUNTY...PARTICULARLY 

IN THE TUCKASEGEE RIVER BASIN SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR FLOODING DURING

THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



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

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



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DICARLO

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