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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

119 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 3 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN 

CLEVELAND COUNTY...



AT 110 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAIN 

LINGERED OVER THE WARNED AREA. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

OF FALLSTON-WACO ROAD IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF CLEVELAND COUNTY. 

THIS MAY BE DUE TO BUFFALO CREEK OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS. IN 

ADDITION...RUNOFF FROM THE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS THE AREA SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING...IS LIKELY RESULTING IN 

FLOODING ALONG SUCK CREEK AND LONG BRANCH.   



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.



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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