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WGUS72 KGSP 190536

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

136 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR CALDWELL

COUNTY...



AT 130 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW RAIN SHOWERS 

MOVING ACROSS CALDWELL COUNTY. THESE RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH 230 AM...PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL 

TENTH TO QUARTER OF AN INCH. OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS...RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF OF RAIN AS FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL MAINTAIN...IF NOT 

INCREASE...CURRENT CREEK AND STREAM LEVELS. COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE 

RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS OF ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. IN 

ADDITION...ROCK AND MUDSLIDES MAY HAVE ALSO CLOSED ROADS PASSING 

THROUGH STEEP TERRAIN.



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.



WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP OR ROCKY...REMAIN

ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ROCK OR MUD SLIDES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN.



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