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WGUS72 KGSP 201017

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GAC119-257-SCC073-077-201115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

515 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR STEPHENS... 

FRANKLIN...PICKENS AND OCONEE COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 500 AM EST...



RAIN CONTINUED OVER THE AREA AT 515 AM... BUT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS 

MOVED TO THE EAST.  STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL SOON BEGIN TO 

RECEDE...ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. EVEN THOUGH WATER LEVELS 

WILL BE LOWERING... SOME ROADWAYS STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. 

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



FLOODED ROADS AND ROADWAYS DAMAGED BY WATER WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SEE 

UNTIL SUNRISE.  BE CAREFUL WHILE TRAVELING DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS.



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