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WGUS72 KGSP 301144

FFSGSP

NCZ049-054-301245-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

740 AM EDT THU AUG 30 2001



..HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG THE BORDER OF YANCEY AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES...



THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN STATIONARY ALONG THE 

BORDER OF YANCEY AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH 

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS BEEN LIMITED TO A SMALL AREA SOUTHEAST OF 

MOUNT MITCHELL...CONTINUED HEAVY RAINFALL COULD SATURATE THE GROUND 

AND CAUSE RIVERS AND STREAMS TO BEGIN TO RISE. OF MOST CONCERN IS 

THE SOUTH TOE RIVER RUNNING NORTH TO THE BLACK MOUNTAIN CAMPGROUND.



STAY TUNED TO THE MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST 

INFORMATION.

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