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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

630 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR ELBERT

COUNTY...



AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS 

ELBERT COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST TWO HOURS...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS 

POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF FROM THE WEST.



THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE ELBERTON 

AREA...AS WELL AS RUCKERSVILLE TO FORTSONIA TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA 

BORDER. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT DEEP STANDING WATER ON COUNTY 

ROADWAYS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT ATTEMPT 

TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT 

OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3420 8309 3422 8308 3424 8301 3421 8298

      3422 8294 3425 8290 3429 8278 3418 8275

      3412 8268 3400 8263 3401 8294 3415 8306

      3417 8310



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