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WGUS72 KGSP 082356

FFSGSP

NCZ053-090345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

752 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2001



HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER BUNCOMBE COUNTY THIS EVENING.  AN OBSERVER 

IN WEAVERVILLE HAS REPORTED ALMOST TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN AND 

RADAR INDICATES A LARGE PART OF NORTH CENTRAL BUNCOMBE COUNTY HAS 

RECEIVED MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF RAIN. THE GROUND WAS ALREADY 

SATURATED FROM THE HEAVY RAIN FROM LAST NIGHT SO ALMOST ALL THE RAIN 

WILL RUN OFF INTO STREAMS OR POND IN LOW SPOTS.  



THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS...AND UNDERPASSES.



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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