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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

226 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003



...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOUTHERN 

JACKSON AND WESTERN MACON COUNTIES...



AT 220 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE 

HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN JACKSON...AND SOUTHERN MACON COUNTIES OF 

NORTH CAROLINA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS JUST EAST OF 

GLENVILLE...WHERE RADAR WAS ESTIMATING CLOSE TO 2 INCHES HAD FALLEN 

SINCE MIDDAY. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS IN THE VICINITY OF 

RAINBOW SPRINGS IN WESTERN MACON COUNTY.



THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY...AND WILL CONTINUE TO 

PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL COULD BE ENOUGH TO RESULT IN 

SIGNIFICANT RISES ON SHALLOW STREAMS AND CREEKS. IT IS POSSIBLE 

WARNINGS COULD BE ISSUED LATER IF HEAVY RAIN PERSISTS IN THE SAME 

AREAS FOR MUCH LONGER.



ADDITIONAL STORMS COULD DEVELOP IN OTHER HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS 

THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...AND THEY TOO WILL BE SLOW MOVERS.



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.



CAMPERS CLOSE TO CREEKS SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON WATER LEVELS 

AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING APPEARS 

LIKELY.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA 

OUTLET...FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.

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BURRUS

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