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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

145 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR GREENVILLE

COUNTY...



AT 140 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE 

HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS GREENVILLE COUNTY. THIS RAINFALL IS 

EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO SCATTERED SHOWERS 

BETWEEN 2 AND 3 AM...HOWEVER AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 INCH OF RAIN IS 

POSSIBLE.



AT 140 AM...THE REEDY RIVER IN GREENVILLE WAS AT 8.7 FEET. FLOODING 

OF LOW LYING AREAS IN CLEVELAND PARK BEGINS AT ABOUT 8.0 FEET. 

BRUSHY CREEK AT DEL NORTE WAS RUNNING AT 5.6 FEET. THE BRUSHY CREEK 

MAY REACH 6.0 AROUND 2 AM...CREATING FLOODING CONDITIONS ALONG 

BOILING SPRINGS ROAD AT DEL NORTE. OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS AROUND 

THE COUNTY WILL LIKELY ALSO RUN NEAR BANKFULL EARLY THIS 

MORNING...AND SIGNIFICANT STANDING WATER IS EXPECTED IN THE NORMALLY 

POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



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

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

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.



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