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WGUS72 KGSP 060324

FFSGSP

SCC059-060515-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1119 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 AM EDT FOR LAURENS

COUNTY...



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS LAURENS COUNTY FROM COOKS 

CROSSROADS TO LAURENS AND EAST. REPORTS FROM THE LAURENS 911 CENTER 

INDICATE THAT INTERSTATE 385 IS FLOODING AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS AND 

THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING IN THE EASTERN PART 

OF THE COUNTY.  THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH INTO 

THE LAURENS AND CLINTON 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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