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NCZ033-048>052-058-140400-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

315 PM EDT MON AUG 13 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF...

SWAIN...MADISON...HAYWOOD...MITCHELL...AVERY...GRAHAM AND YANCEY

UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY MORNING...



THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH 

CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA.  

HEAVY RAIN DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAS LEFT STREAMS AND 

CREEKS HIGHER THAN NORMAL.  ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE RISES 

AND HEAVY OR PROLONGED RAIN COULD CAUSE FLOODING.  



RESIDENTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN 

COUNTIES BORDERING TENNESSEE...SHOULD MONITOR CONDITIONS AND BE 

PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.  DO NOT ATTEMPT 

TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.  THE DANGER 

INCREASES AT NIGHT WHEN FLOOD WATERS ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND THEIR 

DEPTH CANNOT BE EASILY ESTIMATED.  



THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN IS THIS EVENING.  SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE BY OR SHORTLY AFTER 

MIDNIGHT.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR 

POSSIBLE WARNINGS.  



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