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WGUS72 KGSP 310432

FFSGSP

NCC149-310530-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1225 AM EDT THU JUL 31 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR POLK

COUNTY...



COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS RECENTLY REPORTED SOME ROADS FLOODED 

THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND A MUDSLIDE HAD OCCURRED ALONG HIGHWAY

108 NEAR MILL SPRING. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES A LARGE

SWATH OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAD FALLEN FROM AROUND COLUMBUS NORTHEAST

THROUGH MILL SPRING AND LAKE ADGER OVER TO THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY 

LINE SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING. RADAR TRENDS DID SHOW HEAVY RAIN

CONTINUING OVER THE COUNTY WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES UP TO

AN INCH.   



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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