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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1153 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR HAYWOOD 

COUNTY...



AT 1150 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER 

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER

SUNBURST...BUT A WIDE SWATH OF 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAD

AFFECTED THE WAYNESVILLE VICINITY. THROUGH 130 AM...A CONTINUED 

WEAKENING OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED BUT ADDITIONAL STREAMS AND CREEKS 

BETWEEN WAYNESVILLE AND CANTON...AS WELL AS SOUTH TO SUNBURST AND 

CRUSO...MAY OCCUR.



A TRAINED SPOTTER IN WAYNESVILLE REPORTED HYATT CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS 

BANKS JUST WEST OF WAYNESVILLE...AND WAS AGAIN THREATENING THE GREEN 

VALLEY MOBILE HOME PARK. FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONELL WERE REPORTED TO 

BE ON THE SCENE...ASSESSING WHETHER VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS WERE 

NECESSARY.



IN HAZELWOOD...ALLEN CREEK HAD ESCAPED ITS BANKS AND WAS FLOODING 

PART OF SKATE STREET. THE CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS IN SEVERAL 

LOCATIONS...AFFECTING MOSTLY PARKING LOTS AND SOME SIDE ROADS. THE 

CREEK MAY RISE A BIT MORE BEFORE WATER LEVELS RECEDE THROUGH THE 

PREDAWN HOURS.



THE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 130 AM EDT.



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 3563 8300 3546 8312 3532 8295 3551 8278



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