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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

216 AM EDT SUN SEP 22 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SWAIN COUNTY EXPIRED AT 215 AM EDT...



AT 215 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED JUST A FEW DYING RAIN SHOWERS IN 

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...WITH NO RAINFALL IN SWAIN COUNTY. A FEW 

LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...BUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL IN SWAIN COUNTY IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL LATER TODAY.



LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED DEEP CREEK REMAINS ELEVATED WITHIN THE 

SOUTHERN REACHES OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...BUT 

WITH NO ADDITIONAL AREAS OF IMMINENT CONCERN FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY.

PARK PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN MONITORING CAMPGROUNDS ALONG DEEP 

CREEK...BUT NO ACTUAL FLOODING WITHIN THE DEEP CREEK BASIN HAS 

BEEN OBSERVED. 



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

TELEVISION STATION...FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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BURRUS

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