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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

605 AM EDT SAT AUG 23 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR NORTHERN MITCHELL 

COUNTY AS OF 6 AM EDT...



AT 6 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT ONLY LIGHT RAIN 

WAS FALLING OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF MITCHELL COUNTY. THE COUNTY 

COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED THAT SPRING CREEK...IN THE FAR 

NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY...DID COME OUT OF ITS BANKS...THOUGH IT 

DID NOT FLOOD ANY ROADS.



SINCE NO OTHER REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...AND THE 

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

HOWEVER...HIGH WATER LIKELY REMAINS IN PARTS OF NORTHERN MITCHELL 

COUNTY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ROCK AND MUD SLIDES AND 

WASHOUTS EARLY THIS MORNING.



PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING OR WASHED OUT ROADS TO YOUR NEAREST LAW 

ENFORCEMENT CENTER FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 



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MCAVOY

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