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WGUS72 KGSP 292216

FFSGSP

GAC137-241-300015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

616 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2003



...SOME FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN RABUN AND NORTHERN 

HABERSHAM COUNTIES THIS EVENING...



AT 610 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE NEARLY 

STATIONARY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. AS MUCH 

AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE TALLULAH FALLS AND TURNERVILLE 

AREA THIS AFTERNOON. CONTINUED RAINFALL WILL CONTRIBUTE TO RISING 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS STANDING WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AND 

URBAN AREAS. IF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA...A 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 



PERSONS NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD 

MONITOR WATER LEVELS FOR RAPID RISES...AS FLASH FLOODING CAN DEVELOP 

VERY QUICKLY. 



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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