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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

905 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR UNION

COUNTY...



AT 904 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF UNION COUNTY. THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN HAD SHIFTED NORTH TO THE STALLINGS AND INDIAN TRAIL  

AREAS...BUT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS PROJECTED TO CONTINUE FOR AT 

LEAST ANOTHER HOUR IN THE WAXHAW AREA...WHERE RADAR ESTIMATED AS 

MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE EARLY EVENING. A WEAKENING 

TREND IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE WARNING...BUT AN 

ADDITONAL INCH OR MORE OF RAIN COULD FALL.



FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG ROBERTS ROAD...HIGHWAY 16 AND OTHER ROADS

AFFECTED BY TWELVE MILE CREEK IN AND AROUND WAXHAW. OTHER ROADS

COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE AS WATER LEVELS RISE AS THE EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH THE COUNTY CREEK SYSTEM.



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 3500 8084 3482 8080 3481 8062 3482 8032

      3506 8031 3518 8029 3519 8056 3509 8069



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