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WGUS72 KGSP 130710

FFSGSP

NCC179-130830-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

310 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 AM EDT FOR UNION

COUNTY...



AT 305 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUING OVER UNION COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES WERE NEARLY AN INCH PER 

HOUR ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF UNION COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN BETWEEN WAXHAW AND STURDIVANTS. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE VALID TIME OF THIS WARNING.



OFFICIALS REPORT WATER PONDING ON MANY ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY...AND 

SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS AND PRODUCING 

HIGH WATER...ADVERSELY IMPACTING SOME ROADS. AS OF 305 AM...FLOODING 

WAS REPORTED ON WEDDINGTON CHASE ROAD...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 16 BETWEEN 

WEDDINGTON AND WAXHAW. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY AS LONG AS THE 

RAIN PERSISTS. THE WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BASED ON RADAR 

TRENDS.



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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