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WGUS72 KGSP 010845

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NCC099-175-010945-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

445 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 AM EDT FOR EXTREME 

SOUTHWESTERN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY AND EXTREME SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY...



HEAVY RAIN HAS CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA SINCE 

MIDNIGHT.  RADAR NOW ESTIMATES MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SMALL 

AREA WEST OF LAKE TOXAWAY...TO AROUND THE GORGES STATE PARK IN 

EXTREME SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY.  MOST OF THIS RAIN FELL BETWEEN 

MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM.



COUNTY COMMUNICATION CENTERS HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY 

REPORTS OF FLOODING AS OF 415 AM...BUT UNITS IN THE FIELD REPORTED 

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING.  RADAR SHOWED A GENERAL SLOW DECREASE IN 

COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THE RAIN...BUT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL VERY 

LIKELY HAS ALREADY OCCURRED.



BECAUSE OF THE REMOTE LOCATIONS INVOLVED...AND THE RUGGED 

TERRAIN...DETERMINATION OF WHERE FLASH FLOODING HAS OCCURRED MAY NOT 

BE EVIDENT FOR SOME TIME.



PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY CAMPERS...SHOULD MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND NOW...DO NOT DELAY. WATER MAY RISE TOO QUICKLY FOR YOU

TO GET OUT OF DANGER LATER.



WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP OR ROCKY...REMAIN

ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ROCK OR MUD SLIDES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN.



$$

JONES

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