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SCC091-061000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

428 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 AM EDT FOR YORK

COUNTY...



AT 428 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS OVER MAINLY EASTERN...AND 

SOUTHERN...YORK COUNTY. RAINFALL WAS LIGHT...NOT NEARLY AS HEAVY AS 

EARLIER THIS MORNING. SOME INCREASE IN INTENSITY MAY OCCUR THROUGH 

THE PREDAWN HOURS...BUT EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY HOLD OFF 

UNTIL AFTER DAYBREAK.



COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT MUCH IMPROVEMENT IN THE FLOOD SITUATION AS 

THE INTENSITY OF THE RAINFALL HAS LIGHTENED. FLOOD WATERS ON EDEN 

TERRACE EXTENSION AND RED RIVER ROAD HAVE RECEDED. HOWEVER...CHERRY 

ROAD IS STILL CLOSED DUE TO WATER FROM THE CHEROKEE BINGO TO 

ELLIOT/S EXXON. AND HECKLE BOULEVARD REMAINS BLOCKED OFF DUE TO HIGH 

WATER. 



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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