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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1052 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM FOR SOUTHERN 

MCDOWELL COUNTY...



AT 1045 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUED TO REDEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS OF SOUTHERN 

MCDOWELL COUNTY. THUS FAR...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES HAVE 

COVERED MOST OF SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OLD 

FORT TO GLENWOOD. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE FERO...SUGAR 

HILL AND DAVISTOWN AREAS.



FLOODING CONTINUED IN THE SUGAR HILL AREA...AND IS LIKELY ALONG 

BRIDGE BRANCH...MORGAN CREEK...BRADLEY CREEK AND CROOKED CREEK. 

AVOID TRAVEL THROUGH SOUTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY OVERNIGHT IF AT ALL 

POSSIBLE.



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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