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WGUS72 KGSP 190454

FFSGSP

SCC007-077-190615-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1250 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN 

ANDERSON AND SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTIES...



A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS REMAINED NEARLY 

STATIONARY OVER THE PICKENS-ANDERSON COUNTY LINE SINCE LATE 

WEDNESDAY EVENING. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN FROM PENDLETON TO POWDERSVILLE. THIS CLUSTER IS EXPECTED TO 

RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCH BEFORE MOVING EAST OF THE AREA 

EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING IN 

LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. EIGHTEEN MILE AND THREE AND 

TWENTY CREEKS WILL RISE RAPIDLY AND MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. 

MOTORIST SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WATER ON ROADWAYS ESPECIALLY ALONG 

HIGHWAY 123...93 AND 81. AS OF 1230 AM...COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE 

RECEIVED REPORTS OF MINOR FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. USE CAUTION IN OR NEAR ANY SMALL

CREEK TONIGHT...AND AVOID ROUTES THAT YOU KNOW ARE FLOOD PRONE.



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