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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

547 PM EDT WED APR 30 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR YANCEY

COUNTY...



AT 545 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUING OVER SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTY. THE STORMS STRETCHED ALL THE 

WAY FROM BURNSVILLE...THROUGH MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK...TO CELO 

AND BUSICK...AND THE BORDER WITH MCDOWELL COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN 

WAS BETWEEN THE PARK AND BURNSVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING ONLY 

VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST. 



RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL IN THE AREA HAVE RISEN TO BETWEEN 4 AND 

6 INCHES...VERY CLOSE TO THE PARK AND ALMOST COMPLETELY WITHIN THE 

CONFINES OF THE SOUTH TOE RIVER BASIN. SEVERAL CAMPGROUNDS COULD 

BECOME AFFECTED BY RAPID RISES ON THIS RIVER...ESPECIALLY THE BRIAR 

BOTTOM AND BLACK MOUNTAIN CAMPGROUNDS. HIGHWAY 80 MAY BE IMAPCTED BY 

SOME FLOOD WATER LATER. NO FLOODING HAD YET BEEN REPORTED TO COUNTY 

OFFICIALS. HOWEVER...THE FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 8 PM.



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.



PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY CAMPERS...SHOULD MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND NOW...DO NOT DELAY. WATER MAY RISE TOO QUICKLY FOR YOU

TO GET OUT OF DANGER LATER.



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