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WGUS72 KGSP 150455

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SCC045-150545-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1255 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN 

GREENVILLE COUNTY...



AT 1252 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING 

SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN WAS NEAR TRAVELERS REST. RADAR TRENDS INDICATED THE STORMS 

WERE SLOWLY WEAKENING.



COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED NO FLOODING HAD YET OCCURRED IN NORTHERN 

GREENVILLE COUNTY. RADAR SUGGESTED AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN IN A SMALL AREA OF NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY...WEST OF 

MARIETTA JUST ABOVE THE SOUTH SALUDA RIVER. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN 

THIS PART OF GREENVILLE COUNTY MAY RISE RAPIDLY TO BANKFULL AND 

FLOOD SOME ROADS AS THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM UPSTREAM FILTERS 

THROUGH IN THE NEXT HOUR. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN 

EFFECT THROUGH ITS DESIGNATED EXPIRATION TIME.

 

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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