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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

630 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN 

CALDWELL COUNTY...



AT 630 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 

ANCHORED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER 

NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY HAD DIMINISHED TO STEADY LIGHT TO 

MODERATE RAIN. RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAS 

AFFECTED THE AREA WEST OF UPTON OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS. 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE ESCARPMENT AND 

AFFECT THE SAME AREA THROUGH 730 PM...SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS 

BEEN ALLOWED TO CONTINUE.



THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS STILL LIKELY ALONG DIXON 

CREEK...RACKET CREEK...AND CURTIS CREEK THROUGH 730 PM. FLOODING OF 

THESE STREAMS...AS WELL AS MUDSLIDES BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE HEAVY 

RAIN...COULD MAKE SOME ROADWAYS IMPASSABLE.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 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. WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS 

STEEP OR ROCKY...REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ROCK OR MUD SLIDES DUE TO 

THE HEAVY RAIN.

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