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WGUS72 KGSP 230046

FFSGSP

NCC175-230145-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

8465 PM EDT MON SEP 22 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR TRANSYLVANIA

COUNTY...



A SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD HAS OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF TRANSYLVANIA 

COUNTY.  AROUND ROSMAN...THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER WAS REPORTED AT OVER 

10 FEET...AND OFFICIAL FLOOD STAGE IS 9 FEET.  ALSO...DAVIDSON RIVER 

ROAD WAS FLOODED IN PISGAH FOREST.  ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY 

COMMUNICATIONS CENTER...THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF MUDSLIDES AND 

FLOODED SMALL STREAMS IN THE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN 

SECTIONS.  ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED...FLOOD WATER HAS NOT BEGUN 

TO RECEDE IN MANY AREAS...AS OF 845 PM EDT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. USE CAUTION IN OR NEAR ANY SMALL

CREEK TONIGHT...AND AVOID ROUTES THAT YOU KNOW ARE FLOOD PRONE.



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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JONES

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