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WGUS72 KGSP 210728

FFSGSP

SCC077-210815-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

326 AM EDT MON JUL 21 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 AM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN 

PICKENS COUNTY...



AS OF 320 AM EDT...NO FLOODING HAD BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHEASTERN 

PICKENS COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN PICKENS AND DACUSVILLE. AS THESE STORMS MOVE 

THROUGH DACUSVILLE...THEY WILL DROP BETWEEN A HALF INCH TO AN INCH 

OF RAIN IN AN AREA WHICH HAS ALREADY SEEN HEAVY RAINFALL.



THOUGH NO FLOODING HAS YET BEEN REPORTED...IT IS LIKELY THAT SOME 

STREAMS IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 

THE LOWER REACHES OF THE OOLENOY RIVER...AND ITS TRIBUTARIES...WILL 

LIKELY CONTINUE TO RISE FOR THE NEXT HOUR. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. USE CAUTION IN OR NEAR ANY SMALL 

CREEK TONIGHT...AND AVOID ROUTES THAT YOU KNOW ARE FLOOD PRONE.



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