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WGUS72 KGSP 130348

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NCZ048-130530-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1146 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR MADISON 

COUNTY...



AT 1140 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT MODERATE TO 

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL OVER EASTERN MADISON COUNTY. 

HOWEVER...THE RAIN HAD NEARLY EXITED THE COUNTY.



THE MADISON COUNTY EOC REPORTED THAT THE SILVER MINE CREEK...IN THE 

CITY OF HOT SPRINGS...WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND COVERING A BRIDGE. NO 

REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ALONG BIG LAUREL 

CREEK...HOWEVER...A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WATER WILL STILL DRAIN 

INTO THE CREEK OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND FLOODING IS STILL 

POSSIBLE. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE 

WATER COVERS THE ROAD...EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CAN BE 

SWEPT AWAY BY A FEW FEET OF WATER.



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