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WGUS72 KGSP 272155

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NCC179-SCC023-059-272245-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

455 PM EST THU FEB 27 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WHICH WERE IN EFFECT FOR UNION COUNTY 

NORTH CAROLINA AND CHESTER COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA HAVE EXPIRED AS OF 

445 PM EST...



...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR LAURENS COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA HAS EXPIRED 

AS OF 445 PM EST...



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN 

HAVE RECEDED IN LAURENS COUNTY...AND WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE IN CHESTER 

AND UNION COUNTIES...ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. SOME WATER 

REMAINS OUT OF STREAM BANKS IN CHESTER AND UNION COUNTIES...WHERE 

ROADWAYS STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO 

AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

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