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WGUS72 KGSP 112356

FFSGSP

NCC179-120200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

753 PM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR UNION

COUNTY...



AT 755 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OVER 

UNION COUNTY. RAINFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING RESULTED IN A FEW CREEKS 

COMING OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AND SOME URBAN FLOODING. MANY ROADS WERE 

CLOSED BECAUSE OF HIGH WATER IN THE VICINITY OF INDIAN 

TRAIL...UNIONVILLE AND STALLINGS. SOME PEOPLE WERE STRANDED IN CARS 

IN SOME OF THE FLOODING AREAS...AND WERE BEING PICKED UP BY COUNTY 

OFFICIALS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH 10 PM MAY ONLY BE LIGHT IN 

INTENSITY...BUT COULD DELAY RECESSION OF WATER LEVELS.



DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS

SUCH AS UNDERPASSES...AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT.

CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM SMALL STREAMS AND STORM DRAINS.



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.



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