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WGUS72 KGSP 230921

FFSGSP

NCC121-231000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

520 AM EDT SAT AUG 23 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN 

MITCHELL COUNTY...



AT 515 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY OVER THE PAST TWO 

HOURS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD SHIFTED SOUTH TO BETWEEN BAKERSVILLE 

AND BANDANA...THOUGH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WAS DEVELOPING OVER 

EASTERN TENNESSEE AND MAY MOVE BACK INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF 

MITCHELL COUNTY BEFORE 6 AM.



SO FAR NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. HOWEVER...THE 

THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING STILL EXISTS ACROSS MUCH OF THE BIG ROCK 

CREEK BASIN...WHERE THE BULK OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN. MOTORISTS 

TRAVELING ALONG STATE ROUTE 226 SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HIGH WATER AND 

MUD SLIDES.  



HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS FROM SLOW-MOVING OR STATIONARY 

THUNDERSTORMS MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING MILES DOWNSTREAM.



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