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WGUS72 KGSP 120350

FFSGSP

NCC149-120430-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1149 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR POLK

COUNTY...



AT 1140 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF 

POLK COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS ARE 

WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTY THIS EVENING. AS STORMS CONTINUE TO 

DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE COUNTY...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 

TO 2 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 



COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT THAT FLOODING CONTINUES IN LOW LYING AND 

POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ACROSS THE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH NO FLOODING HAS YET 

BEEN REPORTED ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS...OFFICIALS REPORT THAT THE 

NORTH PACOLET IS NEARING BANKFUL. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED 

THIS EVENING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE 

RIVER...AS WELL AS ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS...INCLUDING 

WHITE OAK CREEK AND COVE CREEK...AS WELL AS SMALLER TRIBUTARIES.    



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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