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WGUS72 KGSP 270543

FFSGSP

NCC115-270830-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

142 AM EDT TUE JUL 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 AM EDT FOR MADISON

COUNTY...



THE MADISON COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED THAT LEVELS OF SEVERAL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS ARE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY NEAR WALNUT AND MARSHALL. 

PERSONS NEAR SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD FREQUENTLY MONITOR 

LEVELS FOR RAPID INCREASES. AT 140 AM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED THAT MOST OF MADISON COUNTY HAS RECEIVED 

OVER AN INCH OF RAIN WITH AREAS BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF LUCK AND WALNUT 

SEEING THREE TO FOUR INCHES SINCE 1030 PM.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

WHITEROCK...WALNUT...FAUST AND ALLENSTAND.



PERIODS OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE 

COUNTY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF A 

TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH AN HOUR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE 

COUNTY THROUGH 3 AM EDT. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PROLONG THE 

PERIOD OF FLOODING WATER AND MAY RESULT IN NEW FLOODING.  IN 

ADDITION...ADDITIONAL RUNOFF MAY TRIGGER MUD OR ROCK SLIDES ON STEEP 

TERRAIN. 



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DRIVING AT NIGHT 

DURING RAIN AND FOG WILL MAKE IT HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DEPTH OF 

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

WATER. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3590 8291 3570 8272 3583 8245 3608 8266



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