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NCC011-121-062000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

136 PM EST FRI FEB 6 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM EST FOR AVERY AND

MITCHELL COUNTIES...



AT 130 PM EST...RADAR SHOWED MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY RAIN OVER 

THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.  THE RAIN WAS BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF FROM 

THE WEST. THE MITCHELL COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER HAD RECEIVED NO 

REPORTS OF FLOODING...ALTHOUGH STREAMS WERE RUNNING QUITE HIGH.  IN 

AVERY COUNTY...THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED THAT ONE STREAM 

HAD FLOODED EARLIER...AND THAT THE ELK RIVER WAS A FEW INCHES FROM 

FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS BRIDGES WHICH ARE UNDER WATER. ROADS AT THE ENDS

OF THE BRIDGE MAY WASH OUT OR WEAKEN...AND YOUR VEHICLE MAY FALL INTO

THE RAGING CURRENT. DO NOT RISK YOUR LIFE. BACK UP AND GO ANOTHER

WAY.



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JONES

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