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WGUS72 KGSP 130018

FFSGSP

NCC161-130215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

818 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003



...HEAVY RAIN...AND PONDING OF WATER...TO AFFECT NORTHERN RUTHERFORD 

COUNTY THROUGH 10 PM...



AT 815 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

OVER NORTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY. THE STORMS HAD BEEN REDEVELOPING 

OVER THE SAME AREAS...RESULTING IN RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF BETWEEN 2 

AND 3 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...FROM LAKE LURE...TO THERMAL 

CITY...UNION MILLS AND SUNSHINE.



NO FLOODING HAD BEEN REPORTED TO COUNTY OFFICIALS OR THE NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE...BUT THE RAIN HAS RESULTED IN RISES ON 

STREAMS...CREEKS AND RIVERS IN NORTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY. MANY 

ROADS HAD STANDING WATER...BECAUSE WATER WAS FALLING FASTER THAN 

DRAINAGE DITCHES COULD HANDLE. IF THE INTENSITY OF THE RAINFALL DOES 

NOT DECREASE...FLOOD WARNINGS COULD BE REQUIRED FOR PART OF THE 

COUNTY LATER THIS EVENING.



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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