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WGUS72 KGSP 190335

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SCC045-190415-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1134 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL 

GREENVILLE COUNTY...



AT 1125 PM...THE REEDY RIVER IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE WAS AT 8.34 

FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 8 FEET...AND MINOR FLOODING SHOULD BE OCCURRING 

IN CLEVELAND PARK. THE GREENVILLE COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER 

REPORTED THAT BARRICADES HAD BEEN ERECTED AT HAMMETT STREET AT THE 

INTERSECTION OF OLD BUNCOMBE RD...AUGUSTA ROAD AT INTERSTATE 85 AND 

RILEY SMITH DRIVE...ALL THE RESULT OF HIGH WATER. 8TH AVENUE IN THE 

JUDSON MILL AREA IN SOUTHWEST GREENVILLE WAS ALSO REPORTED AS 

FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.



WHILE ONLY LIGHT RAIN REMAINED OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE 

COUNTY...THE THREAT FOR URBAN FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY 

MORNING HOURS.



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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