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WGUS72 KGSP 221235

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

834 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN SWAIN COUNTY 

HAS EXPIRED AS OF 830 AM EDT...



AT 830 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED ONLY LIGHT RAIN REMAINS OVER WESTERN 

SWAIN COUNTY. THE HEAVIER RAIN HAD MOVED INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF 

SWAIN COUNTY. NO FLOODING HAD BEEN REPORTED FROM THE AREA FOR WHICH 

THE WARNING WAS IN EFFECT...AND THUS FAR...NO FLOODING HAS BEEN 

OBSERVED FROM OTHER PARTS OF SWAIN COUNTY.



DURING THE MORNING...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER 

CENTRAL AND EASTERN SWAIN COUNTY. IT IS POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT RAIN 

COULD DEVELOP IN THE WEST ALSO. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL 

CLOSELY MONITOR RADAR TRENDS AND COULD ISSUE FLOOD WARNINGS AGAIN 

IF FLOODING IS REPORTED OR APPEARS IMMINENT.



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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BURRUS

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