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WGUS72 KGSP 020147

FFSGSP

SCC045-020215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

946 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY

HAS EXPIRED AS OF 945 PM EDT...



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN 

THE WARNED AREA WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD 

THREAT. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS 

STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID 

DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS

SUCH AS UNDERPASSES...AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT.

CHILDREN SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM SMALL STREAMS AND STORM DRAINS.



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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