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WGUS72 KGSP 260158

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NCC099-260245-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

957 PM EDT SUN JUL 25 2004



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

COUNTY...



AT 940 PM EDT...THE JACKSON COUNTY DISPATCHED WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY 

NEW DEVELOPING FLOODING. HOWEVER...FLOODING IS ONGOING WITHIN AND 

NEAR THE TOWN OF SYLVA. WATER CONTINUES TO COVER PORTIONS OF COPE 

CREEK ROAD EAST OF TOWN.



AT 955 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAINFALL OVER JACKSON COUNTY HAS TAPERED OFF TO PATCHES OF 

LIGHT RAIN AND SPRINKLES. ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN OVER GRAHAM AND SWAIN 

COUNTIES WILL PUSH EAST THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY REACHING THE 

NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY BY 1030 PM. THIS AREA OF RAIN IS 

EXPECTED TO RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL TENTH TO QUARTER OF AN INCH 

ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM THE TOWN OF GAY TO SYLVA TO BALSAM. 

ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL SLOWLY THE RATE OF THE RECEDING WATER 

LEVELS. MORE IMPORTANTLY...THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AT NIGHT WILL 

MAKE IT HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DEPTH OF THE WATER COVERING THE 

ROAD...TURN AROUND IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY WATER.



LAT...LON 3544 8337 3515 8320 3535 8299 3552 8323



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