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WGUS72 KGSP 310625

FFSGSP

NCC111-161-310715-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

225 AM EDT THU JUL 31 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 AM EDT FOR MCDOWELL AND 

RUTHERFORD COUNTIES...



RAINFALL HAD DECREASED OVER MCDOWELL AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES. RUNOFF 

FROM HEAVY RAIN THAT OCCURRED EARLIER WILL CONTINUE...AND MAY CAUSE 

FURTHER RISES IN STREAMS AND CREEKS.



SEVERAL ROADS WERE REPORTED FLOODED NEAR SUGAR HILL IN MCDOWELL 

COUNTY...WHILE MINOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF 

RUTHERFORDTON IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY.



DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD

BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE

SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER.



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