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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

921 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR...

UNION COUNTY



DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS UNION 

COUNTY BETWEEN UNION AND CROSS KEYS. RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAIN 

WILL CAUSE THE TYGER RIVER  AND SUGAR CREEK TO RISE RAPIDLY AND MAY 

CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE CREEK AND 

RIVER. REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ACROSS 

MUCH OF THE COUNTY ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE TOWN OF UNION.  



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. USE CAUTION IN OR NEAR ANY SMALL

CREEK TONIGHT...AND AVOID ROUTES THAT YOU KNOW ARE FLOOD PRONE.



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