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WGUS72 KGSP 112222

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NCZ034-055-120000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

622 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN 

CALDWELL AND NORTHEASTERN BURKE COUNTIES...



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING FOR THE PAST FEW HOURS. WEATHER 

SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

CALDWELL COUNTY AND THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF BURKE COUNTY SINCE 5 PM.



THIS WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES ALONG CREEKS IN THESE AREAS. DO NOT 

DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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