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WGUS72 KGSP 180009

FFSGSP

NCC035-180015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

809 PM EDT SAT AUG 17 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CATAWBA 

COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...HIGH WATER 

AND SOME FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...PERHAPS MUCH 

OF THE NIGHT.  MANY SMALLER STREAMS WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE QUICKLY. 

ROADWAYS STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO 

AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



THERE HAS BEEN WIDESPREAD DAMAGE IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF 

HICKORY...FROM A COMBINATION OF WIND AND RAIN...FIRES STARTED BY 

LIGHTNING...AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING.  EMERGENCY SERVICE PROVIDERS 

WERE STILL RESPONDING TO VARIOUS EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.  SOME 

STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES AND BY EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL.



DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD

BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE

SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER.



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JONES

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