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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

335 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN 

HENDERSON COUNTY...



A NEARLY STATIONARY SMALL THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN OVER THE SAME 

AREA...JUST NORTH OF THE NORTH MILLS RIVER STATE PARK FOR ABOUT AN 

HOUR AND A HALF...DUMPING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER A SMALL AREA.  

RADAR HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF ABOUT 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WITH 

TOTAL RAINFALL BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES SINCE 2 PM.  THIS SHOULD BE 

ENOUGH RAIN IN A SHORT TIME TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND 

STREAMS IN THE AREA.



CREEKS MOST LIKELY AFFECTED INCLUDED FLETCHER CREEK...WASH 

CREEK...AND THE ROCKY FORK AND NORTH FORK OF MILLS RIVER.  OTHER 

SMALL STREAMS IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA WILL LIKELY HAVE FLASH 

FLOODING.



HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS FROM SLOW-MOVING OR STATIONARY

THUNDERSTORMS MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING MILES DOWNSTREAM.



PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY CAMPERS...SHOULD MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND NOW...DO NOT DELAY. WATER MAY RISE TOO QUICKLY FOR YOU

TO GET OUT OF DANGER LATER.



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JONES

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