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WGUS72 KGSP 171042

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NCC071-SCC091-171130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

642 AM EDT THU JUL 17 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 AM EDT FOR SOUTHEAST 

GASTON AND NORTHEAST YORK COUNTIES...



AT 631 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL 

HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN 

EXCESS OF 4 INCHES ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 3 AM ALONG 

THE GASTON AND YORK COUNTY LINE SOUTHEAST OF GASTONIA. RUNOFF FROM 

THIS HEAVY RAINFALL IS STILL EXPECTED TO RESULT IN AREAS OF FLOODING 

THIS MORNING...PARTICULARLY ALONG CROWDERS CREEK...MILL CREEK...AND 

SMALL TRIBUTARIES OF CATAWBA CREEK. SOME ROADS MAY BE COVERED WITH 

WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 



PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WATER 

LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. 

   

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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