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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

722 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR UNION

COUNTY...



AT 720 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS STILL 

AFFECTING UNION COUNTY...FROM INDIAN TRAIL THROUGH MONROE TO

THE BORDER WITH SOUTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL RATES HAD FALLEN 

DRAMATICALLY FROM EARLIER...WITH RADAR ESTIMATING LESS THAN AN INCH 

OF RAIN PER HOUR NOW...CONTRASTING SHARPLY WITH 2 TO 3 INCH PER HOUR 

RAINFALL RATES THAT OCCURRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON.



COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER FLOWING ACROSS FAIRVIEW-INDIAN TRAIL 

ROAD...AS WELL AS SECRET SHORTCUT ROAD AND THE OLD CHARLOTTE 

HIGHWAY. THERE WERE NUMEROUS AREAS OF STANDING WATER ON ROADS BUT 

NO FLOODING DUE TO STREAMS OR CREEKS THAT HAD OVERFLOWED THEIR 

BANKS. AT THE HEIGHT OF THE HEAVY RAIN...AROUND 6 PM...ONE HOUSE 

ON PATRIOT DRIVE CONTAINING AND ADULT AND THREE CHILDREN HAD TO BE 

EVACUATED BECAUSE WATER WAS FLOWING IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE. 

DETAILS ARE STILL SKETCHY. 



WATER LEVELS SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEDE THROUGH LATE EVENING UNLESS 

REDEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OCCURS. SINCE THERE ARE STILL 

SHOWERS IN A FEW AREAS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 

ITS 830 PM EXPIRATION TIME.



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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