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NCZ048-130245-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

858 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001



...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER WESTERN MADISON COUNTY...



AT 855 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN MADISON COUNTY. THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THESE STORMS WILL RANGE FROM A HALF INCH TO AN 

INCH AN HOUR.



NORMALLY THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WOULD NOT CAUSE A PROBLEM. 

HOWEVER...THE GROUND IN MADISON COUNTY IS SATURATED AND IT WILL NOT 

TAKE MUCH RAIN TO RESULT IN RAPID RISES IN CREEKS. IN 

PARTICULAR...SPRING CREEK AND LAUREL CREEK IN THE WESTERN PART OF 

THE COUNTY WILL RESPOND QUICKLY TO THE RAIN.



CAMPERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD MONITOR NEARBY STREAMS AND BE PREPARED 

TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS.



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