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WGUS72 KGSP 151326

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SCC045-151515-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

924 AM EDT TUE OCT 15 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 AM EDT FOR GREENVILLE

COUNTY...



AT 915 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE MODERATE 

TO HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF GREENVILLE COUNTY. RAINFALL WAS 

HEAVIEST ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85. IN THIS AREA...RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE TO FALL AT THE RATE OF AROUND A HALF INCH AN HOUR...WITH 

SOME LOCATIONS SEEING HIGHER AMOUNTS.



AS OF 915 AM EDT...THE REEDY RIVER IN GREENVILLE HAD RISEN TO 

7.7 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 8 FEET. WHILE NO STREAM FLOODING HAS YET 

BEEN REPORTED...URBAN FLOODING HAS OCCURRED AT THE JUNCTION OF 

INTERSTATE 85 AND AUGUSTA ROAD...AS WELL AS ALONG SOME OF THE ROADS 

AROUND BEREA HIGH SCHOOL. STREAMS ARE REPORTED TO BE RUNNING 

HIGH...AND SOME FLOODING STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD SOON BEGIN TO 

DEVELOP



DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS 

SUCH AS UNDERPASSES...AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT. 

CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM SMALL STREAMS AND STORM DRAINS.



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