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WGUS72 KGSP 101748

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NCZ063-064-101845-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

140 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001



...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN JACKSON COUNTY...



AT 140 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SLOWLY MOVING 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER SOUTHERN JACKSON 

COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF 1.8 TO 2 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR WERE 

INDICATED BY RADAR. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR FROM CASHIERS TO 

TERRAPIN MOUNTAIN TO THE ELLICOTT ROCK WILDERNESS AREA BEFORE THE 

THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATE.



RAPID RISES IN STAGE ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST FORK OF THE 

CHATTOOGA RIVER AND ALONG WHITEWATER RIVER ABOVE THE UPPER FALLS.



IF ANY FLOODING IS ENCOUNTERED...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY AND 

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. STAY 

TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET IN CASE A 

WARNING BECOMES NECESSARY.

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