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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1255 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM EST FOR SPARTANBURG

AND GREENVILLE COUNTIES...



FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS PARTS OF GREENVILLE COUNTY. SEVERAL 

CREEKS WERE REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS ON THE EAST SIDE.  THE 

BRUSHY CREEK WAS REPORTED BY A DEPUTY TO HAVE FLOODED...AT THE 

HUDSON ROAD BRIDGE. THE WATER WAS NOT QUITE TO THE ROAD...BUT WAS 

FLOODING YARDS.  ROCKY CREEK WAS AT BANKFULL AND RISING.  IN 

DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...THE REEDY RIVER WAS NEARLY AT 9 FEET...A FOOT 

ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...AND STILL RISING.  IN SPARTANBURG 

COUNTY...SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PART OF 

THE COUNTY WERE AT OR NEAR FLOOD.



JUST BEFORE 1 AM...A NEW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO THE 

AREA..AND EXTENDED WEST INTO NORTH GEORGIA.  THIS WILL CAUSE 

EXISTING FLOODING TO BECOME WORSE...AND CAUSE NEW FLOODING ON 

ADDITIONAL STREAMS.  IT IS VERY LIKELY THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL 

BE EXTENDED.



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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JONES

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