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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1030 PM EDT SAT JUL 17 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE AT 11 PM...



AT 1025 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS DIMINISHED AND MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. 

HOWEVER...AN AXIS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS STILL MIGRATING INTO 

THE COUNTY FROM THE WEST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. ONLY A QUARTER TO HALF 

INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED. 



THUS FAR...ONLY REPORTS OF MINOR FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG 

AREA ROADS NORTH OF GREENVILLE. SOME ADDITIONAL MINOR FLOODING COULD 

OCCUR AS THE WATER FROM EARLIER RAINS MAKES ITS WAY TO STREAMS. THE 

REEDY RIVER IN GREENVILLE IS RUNNING AT ABOUT 7.5 FEET...BUT BARELY 

TOPPED THE FLOOD STAGE OF 8 FEET EARLIER THIS EVENING. IT SHOULD 

CONTINUE TO RECEDE AS THE EVENING WEARS ON.  



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3517 8225 3503 8222 3485 8223 3480 8217

      3475 8217 3450 8231 3450 8232 3471 8246

      3478 8245 3500 8253 3502 8258 3506 8256

      3507 8261 3512 8263



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