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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

714 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG CONTINUES A 

FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

BURKE...CALDWELL...MCDOWELL...POLK.. .RUTHERFORD.



IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...LAURENS...OCONEE...

PICKENS AND SPARTANBURG.



IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

ELBERT...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HART...RABUN AND STEPHENS.



AN AREA OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT SLOWLY EAST

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY THIS 

AFTERNOON.



THE MAIN THREAT FOR FLOODING THIS MORNING IS ACROSS THOSE AREAS 

WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN YESTERDAY AND WHERE GROUND IS THE WETTEST. 

THIS AREA IS ALONG THE I-85 CORRIDOR FROM ANDERSON TO SPARTANBURG 

INCLUDING AREAS ALONG I-385 FROM GREENVILLE TO LAURENS AND I-26 FROM 

SPARTANBURG SOUTHWARD. THE THREAT AREA ALSO INCLUDES PORTIONS OF THE 

NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS...MAINLY FROM I-40 SOUTHWARD.



THIS FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...AND OTHER 

DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH

AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE 

ACTION SHOULD EXCESSIVE RAIN AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLOOD WARNING BE

ISSUED.



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

UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL FLOOD SITUATION.

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