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NCZ063-100700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

110 AM EDT MON SEP 10 2001



...HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY...



AT 105 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY 

RAIN OVER SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY. AN AUTOMATED GAUGE IN THE SOUTHERN 

PART OF THE COUNTY...NEAR COLD MOUNTAIN...REPORTED 1.77 INCHES OF 

RAIN IN AN HOUR THROUGH 105 AM.



IF THIS HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES...THERE WILL BE RAPID RISES ALONG THE 

HEADWATERS OF THE TUCKASEGEE RIVER...WOLF CREEK AND TANASEE CREEK IN 

EXTREME SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY. STATE ROUTE 281 MAY ALSO BE 

AFFECTED BY STANDING WATER AND A FEW MINOR ROCK SLIDES.



IF THE HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. 

CAMPERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD MONITOR STREAM LEVELS AND BE REPAIRED 

TO  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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