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WGUS72 KGSP 050138

FFSGSP

NCC021-089-149-161-050330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

938 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR HENDERSON AND 

BUNCOMBE COUNTIES AND 1130 PM FOR RUTHERFORD COUNTY...



THE HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN HENDERSON AND NORTHERN BUNCOMBE HAS 

SHIFTED SOUTH AND EAST.  RUNOFF FROM THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE TO CAUSE STREAM LEVELS TO RISE OR REMAIN HIGH. PONDING OF 

WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME 

FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE ROCKY BROAD RIVER IS STILLING RISING AND MAY 

CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS FURTHER DOWNSTREAM IN THE CHIMNEY ROCK AND 

LAKE LURE AREAS.  



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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