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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

828 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY...



AT 825 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF 

MODERATE RAIN OVER CENTRAL GREENVILLE COUNTY...AND MOST OF 

SPARTANBURG COUNTY. AN OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

EMPLOYEE...5 MILES EAST OF SIMPSONVILLE...REPORTED 4.04 INCHES OF 

RAIN SINCE 530 PM.



WHILE NO FLOODING OF STREAMS HAS BEEN REPORTED YET IN GREENVILLE 

COUNTY...RAINFALL OF THIS AMOUNT LIKELY HAS RESULTED IN A FEW 

STREAMS LEAVING THEIR BANKS IN SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY. IN 

ADDITION...THE LONG DURATION OF THE MODERATE RAIN OVER 

SPARTANBURG COUNTY WILL RESULT IN RISES OF STREAMS...AND SOME MINOR 

URBAN FLOODING. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. EVEN 

MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CAN BE SWEPT AWAY BY A FEW FEET OF 

WATER. 



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