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WGUS72 KGSP 232101

FFSGSP

NCZ053-232300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

452 PM EDT SUN SEP 23 2001



...VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS SOUTHERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY...



AN EAST-WEST ORIENTED BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 

...WILL CONTINUE MOVING OFF VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST THROUGH EARLY 

EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING. REPEATED DEVELOPMENT HAD OCCURRED 

IN AREA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 26 SINCE

MID-AFTERNOON...AND DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SEVERAL INCHES OF

RAIN HAS FALLEN...CENTERED ON THE BENT CREEK AREA. INTERESTS ALONG

BENT CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RISES 

THROUGH EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION...MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON 

INTERSTATE 26 FROM ASHEVILLE SOUTH...AND ALONG INTERSTATE 40 FROM

CANDLER TO BLACK MOUNTAIN...SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR CONSIDERABLE 

PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROAD.

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