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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

820 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR MITCHELL 

AND YANCEY COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM EST FOR BUNCOMBE 

COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA...



AT 820 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM HENDERSONVILLE TO BLACK 

MOUNTAIN TO BAKERSVILLE. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD AT 

25 MPH. COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTERS REPORT THAT FLOODING HAS 

ALREADY DEVELOPED IN THE 300 BLOCK OF WEAVERVILLE HIGHWAY IN 

BUNCOMBE COUNTY. FLOODING HAS ALSO IMPACTED THE 600 BLOCK OF 

MACEDONIA ROAD AND HOLLAND STREET IN ASHEVILLE...WITH SIGNIFICANT 

MUDSLIDES DEVELOPING ALONG NORTH CAROLINA ROUTE 63.



THE NORTH TOE AND NOLICHUCKY RIVERS CONTINUE TO RUN QUITE HIGH NEAR 

THE BORDER BETWEEN MITCHELL AND YANCEY COUNTIES. HIGHWAY 197 COULD 

BE AFFECTED IN THIS AREA.



ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP FROM THE 

SOUTHWEST INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS OVER THE NEXT HOUR. 

STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE AFFECTED AREA WILL LIKELY RUN QUITE HIGH 

FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.



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.

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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