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WGUS72 KGSP 060200

FFSGSP

NCC115-060330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

955 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR MADISON

COUNTY...



AT 953 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS OVER MADISON 

COUNTY. THE SHOWERS WERE WEAKENING...BUT COULD STILL PRODUCE AN INCH 

OF RAIN OR MORE THROUGH LATE EVENING. SHALLOW STREAMS AND 

CREEKS...SOME OF WHICH WERE ALREADY RUNNING AT HIGH LEVELS...COULD 

BE PROMTPED TO COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS TO FLOOD ROADS AND PERHAPS 

THREATEN PROPERTY.



COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT SIGNIFICANT RISES ON LAUREL AND BEAR CREEKS 

IN AND AROUND LAUREL...AND SOME MINOR URBAN FLOODING DUE TO POOR 

DRAINAGE IN MARS HILL AND MARSHALL...BUT NO FLASH FLOODING HAD YET 

BEEN REPORTED. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 

PM.     



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE 

WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO DRIVE THROUGH SAFELY. TURN AROUND...AND 

FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY.



REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...AND ASK 

THEM TO FORWARD THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3606 8264 3595 8293 3580 8296 3573 8292

      3567 8285 3585 8242



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