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WGUS72 KGSP 270559

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NCC087-271045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

2 AM EDT TUE JUL 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 AM EDT FOR HAYWOOD

COUNTY...



AT 150 AM EDT...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS STILL OCCURRING OVER MUCH 

OF HAYWOOD COUNTY. HOWEVER...IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS 

FINALLY MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THE RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE 

THROUGH AT LEAST 220 AM...BUT SHOULD TAPER OFF THEREAFTER.



EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT MOST CREEKS IN THE NORTHERN PART 

OF THE COUNTY ARE STILL OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ALSO...NUMEROUS ADJACENT 

ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. SOME FLOODING OF NEARBY 

RESIDENCES IS LIKELY WITH THESE HIGH WATER CONDITIONS. 



ROCK AND MUD SLIDES ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE STEEPER TERRAIN. 

SEVERAL MUD SLIDES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED. IF YOU RESIDE ON A 

STEEP SLOPE...BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR ROCK OR MUD SLIDES. THEY CAN 

BE POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT WITH LITTLE OR 

NO WARNING.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3569 8321 3550 8315 3534 8295 3554 8278

      3577 8298



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