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WGUS72 KGSP 031135

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NCZ067-031330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

727 AM EDT MON SEP 3 2001



...HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY...



DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF AND TWO

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY...MAINLY

EAST OF US 221...SINCE 5 AM. RADAR TRENDS SHOW WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN

CONTINUING TO FALL ACROSS THE SAME AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN DEVELOPING

TO THE SOUTH AND MOVING INTO THE REGION.



PONDING OF WATER IS LIKELY THIS MORNING ALONG US ROUTES 64 AND 74...

EAST OF US 221...IN ADDITION TO MANY ROADS THROUGHOUT 

RUTHERFORDTON...SPINDALE AND FOREST CITY. RISES WILL ALSO BE SEEN

ON CREEKS AND STREAMS FEEDING THE SECOND BROAD AND BROAD RIVERS.

INTERESTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR RIVER LEVELS THIS MORNING

AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR WATER COVERED ROADS.

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