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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1150 PM EDT MON JUN 21 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR TRANSYLVANIA

COUNTY...



AT 1140 PM EDT...THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REPORTED THAT FLASH 

FLOODING WAS CONTINUING...AND EXPANDING...IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY.  

ALL THE FLOODING WAS ALONG US 276 SOUTH OF BREVARD...TO NEAR THE 

STATE LINE.  SEVERAL ROADS WERE CLOSED...THERE WAS DEBRIS IN 

ROADS...AND SOME EVACUATIONS WERE REPORTED.  HEAVY RAIN 

CONTINUED...BUT HAD SLACKENED OFF A BIT SINCE 11 PM EDT.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROSMAN 

AND LAKE TOXAWAY.  HOWEVER...RAINFALL HAS NOT BEEN NEARLY AS HEAVY 

IN THOSE AREAS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.  WATCH FOR MUD SLIDES AND ROCK SLIDES.



LAT...LON 3522 8290 3505 8303 3517 8258 3542 8272



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