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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1256 AM EDT SUN SEP 22 2002



...FLOODING APPEARS IMMINENT ALONG DEEP CREEK IN SWAIN COUNTY...



AT 1250 AM...WEATHER RADAR AT GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SHOWED HEAVY 

RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER HAD SHIFTED EAST INTO HAYWOOD...AND 

JACKSON...COUNTIES. ONLY SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WERE LEFT IN SWAIN 

COUNTY...MOSTLY IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER.



A CAMPER IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK REPORTED THAT DEEP 

CREEK WAS AT BANKFULL...AND VERY CLOSE TO OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS. 

ALTHOUGH RAIN HAS ENDED FOR THE TIME BEING...THERE COULD BE ENOUGH 

ADDITIONAL INFLOW FROM UPSTREAM FEEDER CREEKS TO SEND DEEP CREEK 

INTO FLOOD. THIS COULD ENDANGER CAMPGROUNDS IN THE NATIONAL PARK 

ALONG DEEP CREEK. A PARK RANGER WAS ENROUTE TO INVESTIGATE.



THERE HAD BEEN NO OTHER REPORTS OF HIGH WATER OR IMMINENT FLOODING 

REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 

HOWEVER...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. USE CAUTION IN OR NEAR ANY SMALL

CREEK TONIGHT...AND AVOID ROUTES THAT YOU KNOW ARE FLOOD PRONE.



PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY CAMPERS...SHOULD MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND NOW...DO NOT DELAY. WATER MAY RISE TOO QUICKLY FOR YOU

TO GET OUT OF DANGER LATER.

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