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WGUS72 KGSP 130451

FFSGSP

NCC023-130645-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1252 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003



...HEAVY RAIN TO AFFECT SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTY THROUGH 3 AM...



AT 1250 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

STRETCHING FROM MORGANTON...TO VALDESE AND THE CATAWBA AND LINCOLN 

COUNTY LINES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS BEEN IN THE VICINITY OF CAMP 

CREEK...RAMSEY AND SHOUPS FORD. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE CAMP CREEK 

AND WHITE OAK CREEK BASINS. AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS IN 

EXTREME SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTY THIS EVENING.



STORMS WILL LINGER FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RISES ON STREAMS AND 

CREEKS COULD BECOME SIGNIFICANT IF HEAVY RAIN SHOULD STAY OVER THE 

SAME AREAS FOR LONG. WARNINGS COULD BECOME NECESSARY.



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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