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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

203 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2003



...SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE EASTERN 

FACING SLOPES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...



AT 200 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY...AND ALIGNED WITH THE EASTERN 

ESCARPMENT OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. THE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED 

FROM NORTH WILKESBORO...SOUTH AND WEST TO UPTON...SPRUCE PINE AND 

MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK. A SEPARATE BAND STRETCHED FROM SOUTHERN 

BUNCOMBE COUNTY NEAR ARDEN...SOUTHWEST TO WOLF 

MOUNTAIN...TUCKASEGEE AND HIGHLANDS. THE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO 

MOVE ONLY A LITTLE BIT THROUGH 3 PM.



RADAR WAS ESTIMATING AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN 

NORTHWEST CALDWELL COUNTY...BETWEEN GLOBE AND THE AVERY COUNTY 

LINE...IN CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF 

TUCKASEGEE...AND JUST SOUTH OF MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK TOWARD THE 

YANCEY COUNTY BORDER WITH MCDOWELL COUNTY. MANY OF THESE LOCATIONS 

ALSO RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL ON FRIDAY. RAINFALL OF THIS INTENSITY 

WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT RISES ON SHALLOWER STREAMS AND 

CREEKS IN THE REGION...AND COULD RESULT IN RISES ON LARGER RIVERS 

LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THIS 

SITUATION...AND COULD ISSUE WARNINGS LATER IF STORMS REMAIN PARKED 

IN ONE LOCATION. CAMPERS NEAR STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD KEEP A 

CAREFUL WATCH ON WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND IF FLOODING APPEARS IMMINENT. AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS 

WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE FOR 

LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.



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BURRUS

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