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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

515 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN 

AVERY-NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL-SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY-NORTHWESTERN 

MCDOWELL AND CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 515 PM...



AT 515 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF 

THE AREAS COVERED BY THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING. THE ONLY REPORT OF 

FLOODING CAME FROM NORTHWEST CALDWELL COUNTY...WHERE A TRIBUTARY OF 

WILSON CREEK CAME OUT OF ITS BANKS NEAR MORTIMER. SOME RISES ON  

DOWNSTREAM CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD OCCUR LATER AS WATER FILTERS 

THROUGH STREAM BASINS. HOWEVER...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ALLOWED 

TO EXPIRE.



A BAND OF SHOWERS OVER WESTERN YANCEY COUNTY MAY WORK OVER SOUTHEAST 

YANCEY...AND WESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES LATER THIS EVENING. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN THESE AREAS WILL BE ALL RUNOFF...RESULTING IN 

FURTHER RISES ON STREAMS AND CREEKS. ADDITIONAL FLOOD WARNINGS MAY 

BE REQUIRED LATER...DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THE SHOWERS LINGER OVER 

THE REGION.



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.



PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY CAMPERS...SHOULD MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND NOW...DO NOT DELAY. WATER MAY RISE TOO QUICKLY FOR YOU

TO GET OUT OF DANGER LATER.



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

OUTLET...FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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