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WGUS72 KGSP 150551

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SCC045-150745-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

147 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN 

GREENVILLE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AS OF 145 AM EDT...



AT 145 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A NARROW CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM TRAVELERS REST WEST TO THE PICKENS 

COUNTY LINE. THE STORMS WERE SAGGING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND WEST.



COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED NO FLOODING IN NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY

AS OF 145 AM WEST OF MARIETTA AND JUST NORTH OF THE SOUTH SALUDA 

RIVER...WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

SINCE LATE MONDAY EVENING. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS 

BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



ALTHOUGH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...SOME ROADS MAY STILL HAVE 

STANDING WATER. LATE NIGHT MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. IF 

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY...TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE TO 

REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY.

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