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WGUS72 KGSP 090056

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NCC173-090200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

854 PM EDT MON JUL 8 2002



...VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF FONTANA LAKE...



LATE MONDAY EVENING...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NEARLY STATIONARY SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN SWAIN COUNTY...BETWEEN THE BLOUNT 

COUNTY LINE AND THE EASTERN HALF OF FONTANA LAKE. WEATHER RADAR WAS 

ESTIMATING AS MUCH AS TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ON THE SOUTH 

SIDE OF THE WELCH RIDGE...INCLUDING FONTANA LAKE AND THE LAKESHORE 

TRAIL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE APPROACHING LEVELS NORMALLY CONDUCIVE 

TO THE ONSET OF FLASH FLOODING.



NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS AREA...BUT THE SHOWERS AND 

STORMS WILL BE SLOW TO DISSIPATE AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME MINOR 

STREAMS PARALLELING CAMPGROUNDS IN AND AROUND FONTANA 

LAKE...INCLUDING PILKEY CREEK...AND THE NORTH AND WEST FORKS OF 

CHAMBERS CREEK...COULD COME CLOSE TO BANKFULL BEFORE 10 PM. CAMPERS 

AND DEPARTING HIKERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH LATE EVENING.



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION 

CLOSELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS 

SOURCE...FOR LATER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. 



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