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WGUS72 KGSP 081716

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GAC105-147-081845-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

117 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR HART AND

ELBERT COUNTIES...



AT 1 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAINFALL IN A BAND FROM 

NORTHERN HART COUNTY...EXTENDING SOUTHEAST ACROSS HARTWELL LAKE INTO 

SOUTHWEST ANDERSON COUNTY...AND WESTERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY.  HEAVY 

RAIN WAS ALSO SHOWN ACROSS PARTS OF STEPHENS COUNTY GEORGIA AND 

OCONEE COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA.  A SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS WAS SHOWN 

OVER NORTHERN ELBERT COUNTY.



THE ELBERT COUNTY ROADS AND BRIDGES DEPARTMENT REPORTED SIGNIFICANT 

ROAD FLOODING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY...WITH A NUMBER 

OF CULVERTS WASHED OUT...AND LOTS OF DEBRIS FROM FLOOD WATER.



A SPOTTER...COUNTY OFFICIALS...AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF 

ENGINEERS IN HART COUNTY...REPORTED LOTS OF STREAMS RUNNING VERY 

HIGH...AND SOME ROAD FLOODING.  HOWEVER...THERE HAVE NOT BEEN 

REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING YET.  IT IS LIKELY SOME STREAMS AND 

ROADS ARE FLOODED...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY 

NEAR THE ELBERT LINE.  THESE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO COUNTY 

OFFICIALS YET.



MOTORISTS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY SCHOOL BUS 

DRIVERS...SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADS AND BRIDGES 

THIS AFTERNOON.



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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