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WGUS72 KGSP 080057

FFSGSP

NCC109-080215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

857 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR LINCOLN

COUNTY...



AT 855 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED RAINFALL HAD ENDED IN LINCOLN 

COUNTY...WITH NO RAIN IMMEDIATELY UPSTREAM. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL 

SHOWERS...OR MAYBE EVEN A THUNDERSTORM COULD DEVELOP 

OVERNIGHT...THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO EXACERBATE 

OR PROLONG ONGOING FLOODING.



COUNTY OFFICIALS HAD NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF FLOODING. EARLIER...A 

TRIBUTARY OF SOUTH FORK CATAWBA RIVER CAME OUT OF ITS 

BANKS...CLOSING BATTLECREEK ROAD AND INUNDATING BASEMENTS OF SEVERAL 

HOMES ALONG THE CREEK. NOW THAT RAIN HAS ENDED...WATER LEVELS SHOULD 

DROP OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN 

EFFECT BUT COULD BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT ITS DESIGNATED TIME IF NO 

OTHER FLOOD PROBLEMS DEVELOP.



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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