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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

618 PM EDT SUN JUL 25 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR HAYWOOD

COUNTY...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL AREAS HAVE BEEN 

AFFECTED BY MUD SLIDES AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY THE 

BALSAM GAP AREA. A MUDSLIDE DAMAGED THE SAUNOOK FIRE 

DEPARTMENT...WITH WATER REACHING THREE FEET DEEP. THE VALLEYBROOK 

TRAILER PARK EXPERIENCED SOME FLOODING DUE TO ALLENS CREEK LEAVING 

ITS BANKS. 



LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL HAYWOOD COUNTY 

THROUGH 700 PM EDT. CONTINUED RUNOFF AND AN ADDITIONAL TENTH TO 

QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN WILL KEEP LEVELS OF AREA STREAMS AND 

CREEKS ELEVATED. ADDITIONAL ROCK AND MUD SLIDES WILL ALSO REMAIN 

POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM.



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.



LAT...LON 3565 8319 3551 8316 3532 8294 3541 8277

      3568 8297



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