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WGUS72 KGSP 302238

FFSGSP

NCC021-302315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

638 PM EDT WED APR 30 2003



...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY...



AT 635 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING 

ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS BETWEEN

ARDEN AND FAIRVIEW. THE STORMS WERE SLOWLY DRIFTING TO THE NORTH AND 

EAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH.



A REPORT FROM THE TOWN OF FAIRVIEW INDICATED ABOUT A HALF INCH OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MANY DRAINAGE DITCHES 

WERE FULL...AND WERE BACKING UP ONTO HIGHWAY 74A...WHICH HAS SEEN 

TRAFFIC COME TO A STANDSTILL. 



STREAMS...CREEKS AND RIVERS MAY BEGIN TO RESPOND RAPIDLY TO THE 

AMOUNT OF WATER THAT WILL FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MOTORISTS 

ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVERSING THE BACKROADS OF 

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. IF YOU COME ACROSS STANDING 

WATER...STOP TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER WAY TO REACH YOUR 

DESTINATION SAFELY.



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BURRUS

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