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WGUS72 KGSP 162302

FFSGSP

NCC059-170000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

701 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



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

COUNTY...



DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 

ONE INCH PER HOUR...AS THE STORMS MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.



SEVERAL STREAMS ARE AT OR NEAR BANKFULL AND SOME ARE EXPECTED TO 

COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS AS RAINFALL CONTINUES AND WATER RUNS TO 

LOWER GROUND.



DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS SUCH AS 

UNDERPASSES...AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT. CHILDREN 

SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM SMALL STREAMS AND STORM DRAINS.



KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND STREAM CONDITIONS. PEOPLE ALONG 

STREAMS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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