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WGUS72 KGSP 052318

FFSGSP

NCC149-161-052345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

717 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003



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

IN NORTH CAROLINA HAS EXPIRED AS OF 7 PM EDT...



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

THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR 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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