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WGUS72 KGSP 302111

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

510 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RABUN COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...



AT 505 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

HAD SHIFTED EAST INTO THE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...LEAVING

JUST SPOTTY LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS RABUN COUNTY. HEAVIER SHOWERS

AND STORMS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON RESULTED IN RADAR RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES OF TWO TO TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES AROUND THE SATOLAH

AREA IN EXTREME NORTHEAST RABUN COUNTY...BUT NO REPORTS OF 

FLOODING WERE RECEIVED. SINCE THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY

RAIN HAS DIMINISHED...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED

TO EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT.      



EVEN THOUGH NO FLOODING WAS REPORTING...THERE LIKELY CONTINUES

TO BE RUNOFF AND LINGERING HIGH WATER DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN IN

THIS AREA. MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED TO NEVER CROSS FLOODED ROADS

AND PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE ON STREAM CONDITIONS

THIS EVENING.



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