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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1201 PM EST TUE DEC 24 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 PM EST FOR SPARTANBURG 

AND EASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTIES...



JUST BEFORE NOON... THE RAIN GAUGE IN THE DEL NORTE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 

GREENVILLE COUNTY INDICATED BRUSHY CREEK HAD RISEN TO ABOVE 7 FEET.  

AT A STAGE OF 6 FEET... BOILING SPRINGS ROAD IS FLOODED AND WATER IS 

FOUND IN BACK YARDS.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY REPORTED SOME 

FLOODING CAUSED BY POOR DRAINAGE ON FRANKLIN STREET IN SPARTANBURG 

AND ON JAN STREET IN LANDRUM.



HEAVY RAIN WAS TAPERING OFF ACROSS THE GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG 

AREAS AT NOON.  LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED IN SOME AREAS. 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS NOT LIKELY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA DURING 

THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.  THUS... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

WILL PROBABLY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 200 PM.



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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