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WGUS72 KGSP 052100

FFSGSP

NCC089-052245-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

450 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR HENDERSON

COUNTY...



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS HENDERSON COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN 

AND AROUND THE CITY OF HENDERSONVILLE. REPORTS FROM COUNTY OFFICIALS 

INDICATED DANGEROUS URBAN FLOODING HAS OCCURRED. MANY ROADWAYS AROUND 

THE CITY OF HENDERSONVILLE HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER AND 

SOME ROADS ARE WASHED OUT. NUMEROUS AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS HAVE BE 

BLAMED ON SLICK AND FLOODED OUT ROADWAYS. IN ADDITION SMALL CREEKS 

HAVE RISEN OUT OF THEIR BANKS...WITH REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING NEAR 

SHEPARD STREET AND SPARTANBURG HIGHWAY.      



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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