

000 

WGUS72 KGSP 310502

FFSGSP

NCC179-310600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1255 AM EDT THU JUL 31 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR UNION COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 

115 AM EDT...



UNION COUNTY 911 REPORTED THAT WATER STILL COVERED PLYLER MILL 

ROAD...BUFORD SHORT CUT ROAD AND GRIFFITH ROAD SOUTH OF MONROE...

BUT RADAR TRENDS INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE

COUNTY...AND LINGERING SHOWERS WERE DISSIPATING AS WELL.



GIVEN RECENT RAINFALL TRENDS...WATER ACROSS ROADWAYS SHOULD RECEDE

OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BUT LINGERING HIGH WATER CONDITIONS MAY

LINGER THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SOUTH OF MONROE...WHERE DOPPLER

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES FELL WEDNESDAY 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.



DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS BRIDGES WHICH ARE UNDER WATER. ROADS AT THE ENDS

OF THE BRIDGE MAY WASH OUT OR WEAKEN...AND YOUR VEHICLE MAY FALL INTO

THE RAGING CURRENT. DO NOT RISK YOUR LIFE. BACK UP AND GO ANOTHER

WAY.



$$



55

