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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

925 AM EDT MON SEP 3 2001



...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA

FOOTHILLS THROUGH LATE MORNING...



AT 915 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE SWATH OF LIGHT 

TO MODERATE RAIN EXTENDING FROM FOREST CITY...NORTHWARD THROUGH 

ELLENBORO AND SUNSHINE...TO MARION...MORGANTON AND THE BLUE RIDGE 

PARKWAY. THE RAIN WAS MOVING STEADILY TO THE NORTH...WITH THE BACK 

EDGE VERY CLOSE TO FOREST CITY.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN EASTERN 

RUTHERFORD COUNTY SINCE 7 AM...MOSTLY IN...AND AROUND...FOREST CITY. 

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FEW ROADS IN FOREST CITY...AND

SPINDALE...WITH STANDING WATER...DUE MOSTLY TO WATER BACKING UP 

FLOWING INTO STORM DRAINS. NO FLOODING OF STREAMS...OR CREEKS...WAS 

REPORTED..OR THOUGHT TO BE IMMINENT. HOWEVER...A STEADY RISE HAD BEEN 

NOTED ON THE SECOND BROAD RIVER AT LOGAN...WELL NORTH OF THE HEAVY 

RAIN AREA.



THROUGH LATE MORNING...THE AXIS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL SHIFT OUT OF 

RUTHERFORD COUNTY...AND INTO MCDOWELL...BURKE AND CALDWELL COUNTIES. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE GREATER AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. HOWEVER...ON 

AND OFF LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE DAY IN 

RUTHERFORD...AND POLK COUNTIES. WITH THE GROUND NEARLY SATURATED 

NOW IN EASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY...A CLOSE WATCH ON STREAMS AND 

CREEKS WILL BE NEEDED THERE LATER TODAY AS HEAVIER RAIN MOVES IN 

FROM THE WEST.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR

UPDATES ON THIS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION.

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BURRUS

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