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WGUS72 KGSP 222012

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

413 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN 

CALDWELL COUNTY...



HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO FALL IN THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF 

CALDWELL COUNTY...AROUND BLOWING ROCK. HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO SHOWN BY 

RADAR MOVING DIRECTLY ACROSS THE WARNING AREA NOW. SOME FLASH 

FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN THE WILSON CREEK AREA...AND 

SEVERE FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT ALONG ALL SMALL STREAMS FLOWING 

FROM THE MOUNTAINS INTO THE PIEDMONT...OF NORTHWEST CALDWELL COUNTY.



PEOPLE IN CAMPGROUNDS NEAR STREAMS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY. 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.



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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