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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

551 PM EDT MON MAY 27 2002



...TORRENTIAL RAIN AFFECTING NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY...

AT 551 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NEARLY 

STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY...JUST 

SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF CLEVELAND. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH 

OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATE.



CONSIDERABLE STANDING WATER WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ON ROADS SOUTH OF 

HIGHWAY 11. STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT FEED THE MIDDLE AND SOUTH SALUDA 

RIVERS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL.



IF ANY FLOODING DEVELOPS...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS 

WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER 

SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING AFFECTS YOUR 

LOCATION.

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