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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

740 AM EST MON MAR 18 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 AM EST FOR MADISON 

COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA...



STEADY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN PART OF MADISON 

COUNTY.  RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 2 AND 3 TENTHS OF AN INCH 

PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS MORNING.  NORMALLY...THIS WOULD NOT 

BE A RATE LIKELY TO CAUSE FLOODING.  HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN WHICH FELL 

SUNDAY...ALONG WITH SOME FLOODING...AND ROCK AND MUD SLIDES...HAVE 

CAUSED A HIGHER RISK FOR FLOODING THIS MORNING.



RADAR SHOWED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED WELL INTO EAST 

TENNESSEE...WITH SEVERAL BANDS OF INTENSE RAINFALL...WITH EVEN 

HIGHER RAINFALL RATES...LIKELY TO MOVE ACROSS MADISON COUNTY THIS 

MORNING.



THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE LAUREL CREEK AREA...REPORTED THROUGH THE 

MADISON COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER...THAT THE CREEKS IN THE 

AREA WERE RUNNING AT BANKFULL.



HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING SEVERAL MILES

DOWNSTREAM.



LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR THE 

LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SITUATION.



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JONES

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