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WGUS72 KGSP 310117

FFSGSP

SCC045-310315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

908 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR GREENVILLE

COUNTY...



GREENVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED ACROSS

THE CITY OF GREENVILLE...INCLUDING I-385 AND STONE AVENUE... 

PLEASANTBURG AND TURNER DRIVE...AND MOHAWK DRIVE AND SUMMIT.



LATEST STAGE ON THE REEDY RIVER WAS 9.5 FEET...WHICH FLOODS 

CLEVELAND PARK. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES THAT A SWATH OF 2 TO 3 

INCHES HAS FALLEN FROM THE GSP AIRPORT WESTWARD ACROSS GREATER 

GREENVILLE...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 4 INCHES SINCE SHORTLY

BEFORE 8 PM. 



RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS GREATER 

GREENVILLE...WITH ONLY A GRADUAL DECREASE IN INTENSITY EXPECTED

THROUGH LATE EVENING.



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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