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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

311 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR SPARTANBURG AND 

GREENVILLE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 315 AM EDT...



FOR THE MOST PART...THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED 

EAST OF THE WARNED AREA AND HAVE WEAKENED.  HOWEVER...SOME NEW SMALL 

SHOWERS WERE SHOWN BY RADAR...DEVELOPING NORTH OF SIMPSONVILLE AND 

JUST SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE.



SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AROUND 

PELHAM...GREER...AND AROUND THE GSP AIRPORT.  HIGH WATER WILL 

LINGER...AND ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN FLOODED EVEN AFTER SUNRISE.  

PROPERTY OWNERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR SMALL DAMS TONIGHT.



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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JONES

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