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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1110 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2001



THE FLOOD WATCH WHICH WAS ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE CAROLINA PIEDMONT 

AND FOOTHILLS...AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WILL EXPIRE AT NOON TODAY.  

HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED RAPIDLY THIS MORNING.



HOWEVER...IT IS LIKELY THAT SOME SMALL STREAMS...ESPECIALLY IN 

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY AND IN LAURENS COUNTY SOUTH 

CAROLINA...ARE STILL RUNNING HIGH LATE THIS MORNING.  THE BOILING 

SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT THE BRIDGE OVER ROCKY CREEK AT 

GARLINGTON ROAD WAS FLOODED.  ALSO...THE LOWER REACHES OF GILDER 

CREEK REMAINED IN FLOOD EARLIER THIS MORNING...AND OTHER TRIBUTARIES 

OF THE ENOREE RIVER...IN THE SAME AREA WERE LIKELY THE SAME.  PARTS 

OF EXTREME WESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY COULD HAVE SIMILAR CONDITIONS.



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

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN HIGH WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A NEW FLASH FLOOD WATCH COULD BECOME NECESSARY 

LATER THIS AFTERNOON IF NEW SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT 

OCCURS IN CRITICAL AREAS.



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JONES

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