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WGUS72 KGSP 012228

FFSGSP

NCC179-020015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

625 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN 

UNION COUNTY...



UNION COUNTY 911 CENTER REPORTS ONLY STANDING WATER ALONG ROUTE 205

ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF MARSHVILLE...BUT DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT

4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE ABOUT 4 PM CENTERED ROUGHLY

ON THE FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REDEVELOPED ACROSS

UNION COUNTY...EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO LANCASTER COUNTY...AND THESE

STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS 

EVENING.



EXPECT RISES ON RICHARDSON AND SALEM CREEKS...AND ALSO ON JACKS 

BRANCH. FLOODING MAY DEVELOP ON NUMEROUS ROADS IN THIS 

VICINITY...INCLUDING ROUTES 205...218 AND ANSONVILLE AND OLIVE 

BRANCH ROAD.



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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