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WGUS72 KGSP 142342

FFSGSP

SCZ001-002-004-005-150030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

742 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2001



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN 

CENTRAL CALDWELL COUNTY IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER 

ALONG HIGHWAY 321. THOSE IN THE VICINITY OF MULBERRY AND HAPPY 

VALLEY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE RISING WATER ALONG PRESTON CREEK 

AND SMALL STREAMS LEADING INTO THE YADKIN RIVER. 



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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