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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

848 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN 

AND CENTRAL HAYWOOD COUNTY...



AT 840 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED

ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WAYNESVILLE TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

WAYNESVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WERE NEARLY 

STATIONARY AND ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AS THEY SAG SOUTH 

THROUGH LATE EVENING.



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

VALLEY...LAKE JUNALUSKA...CRUSO AND CANTON.



EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ORDERED FOR THE GREEN VALLEY MOBILE HOME PARK 

ALONG HYATT CREEK. A DEPUTY REPORTEDLY LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE

WHILE ENTERING THE FLOOD AREA. EMERGENCY SERVICES AND FIRE 

DEPARTMENTS WERE EN ROUTE TO THE MOBILE HOME PARK TO ASSIST IN THE 

EVACUATIONS...WHICH COULD AFFECT AS MANY AS 60 TO 100 PEOPLE. WATER 

HAD ALSO ENTERED THE SHERIFF/S OFFICE IN DOWNTOWN WAYNESVILLE.



ADDITONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES

IN AND AROUND WAYNESVILLE...ESPECIALLY THE EAST FORK OF CAMPBELL CREEK

AND THE FLOOD PRONE RICHLAND CREEK. DOWNSTREAM...NOTICEABLE RISES 

CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST FORK OF THE PIGEON RIVER IN THE 

VICINITY OF CRUSO. 



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



LAT...LON 3555 8316 3560 8312 3562 8310 3562 8307

      3555 8278 3546 8280 3542 8275 3531 8285

      3529 8292 3543 8306 3546 8310 3546 8313

      3552 8318



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