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WGUS72 KGSP 310349

FFSGSP

SCC077-310445-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1139 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PICKENS COUNTY WILL LIKELY BE 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1245 AM EDT...



AT 1138 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS EASTERN PICKENS COUNTY. DOPPLER

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES THAT A SWATH OF TWO AND ONE HALF TO THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN EARLIER THIS EVENING FROM AROUND EASLEY AND

EAST ALONG HIGHWAY 123. 



EASLEY POLICE REPORTED THAT A FEW ROADS WERE CLOSED IN TOWN 

EARLIER...BUT NO FLOODING PROBLEMS WERE OCCURRING AT THE MOMENT. 

GIVEN RADAR TRENDS...IT IS PROBABLE THAT NO NEW FLOODING WILL 

DEVELOP...SO AT THIS JUNCTURE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO

EXPIRE AT 1245 AM EDT. 



GIVEN THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...IT IS LIKELY THAT LINGERING AREAS 

OF HIGH WATER EXIST...SO 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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