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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

903 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR MADISON

COUNTY...



AT 900 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR AT GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SHOWED ONLY 

LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY. RAIN HAD 

ENDED FOR THE TIME BEING IN EASTERN MADISON. HOWEVER...RADAR ALSO 

SHOWED CLUSTERS OF STORMS IN EAST TENNESSEE THAT WERE PUSHING 

EASTWARD TOWARD THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM...AND COULD BE EXTENDED 

BEYOND THEN IF THE STORMS IN TENNESSEE MOVE IN.



COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT SEVERAL MUDSLIDES HAVE OCCURRED IN AND 

AROUND HOT SPRINGS. A NEW MUDSLIDE CLOSED PART OF WALDROP 

ROAD...UPSTREAM OF THE INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 209. HIGHWAY 209 

ITSELF WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER AROUND HOT SPRINGS. TRAVEL IS 

DISCOURAGED IN AND AROUND HOT SPRINGS UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

MARSHALL.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3576 8287 3583 8285 3587 8282 3601 8266

          3590 8250 3579 8254 3576 8262 3572 8271

          3570 8279 3569 8286 3571 8291



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