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WGUS72 KGSP 090316

FFSGSP

NCC173-090400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1115PM EDT MON JUL 8 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN SWAIN COUNTY UNTIL 

MIDNIGHT...



AT 1110 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE CLUSTER OF NEARLY STATIONARY 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN SWAIN COUNTY...IN THE 

VICINITY OF FONTANA LAKE...BREAKING UP AND SINKING SOUTH INTO GRAHAM 

COUNTY. AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE NEAR FONTANA DAM HAS RECORDED 4.96 

INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 8 PM. THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY 

TAPER OFF IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.



COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE VISITED THE FLOOD WARNING AREA AND INDICATED 

NO FLOODING HAD YET BEEN OBSERVED. CAMPERS IN THE VICINITY OF 

FONTANA LAKE HAD BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE SITUATION BY A PERSONAL 

CANVAS. THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF IN THE NEXT 

COUPLE OF HOURS.



CAMPERS NEAR STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER 

AND STREAM CONDITIONS. PEOPLE ALONG STREAMS SHOULD BE READY FOR 

FLOODING BY MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. MOTORISTS WHO ENCOUNTER 

SUDDEN STANDING WATER SHOULD STOP IMMEDIATELY...AND FIND AN 

ALTERNATE ROUTE TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION SAFELY. DO NOT DRIVE INTO 

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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