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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1037 AM EDT THU JUL 29 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL NOON EDT FOR CENTRAL

GREENVILLE COUNTY...



AT 1035 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUING TO MERGE INTO A LARGE CLUSTER OVER THE WEST SIDE OF 

GREENVILLE...NORTHWEST TO NEAR PARIS MOUNTAIN AND SOUTH TO WELCOME. 

RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES SUGGESTED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAD 

FALLEN...WITH A GAGE AT BEREA REPORTING 2.01 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 8 

AM. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL THROUGH 

MIDDAY. 



A MAJOR FLOODING EVENT WAS EVOLVING IN GREENVILLE. EVACUATIONS WERE 

UNDERWAY FOR HOMES ALONG LILLY STREET IN THE VICINITY OF LONG BRANCH 

IN THE FIRE PARKER DISTRICT. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH 

WATER...INCLUDING CEDAR LANE ROAD...LEWIS ROAD...PETTIS DRIVE AND 

WHITE HORSE ROAD. MANY ROADS IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE ARE COVERED BY 

WATER BUT STILL PASSABLE...INCLUDING WASHINGTON AND MCBEE STREETS.



A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED WATER FROM A LAKE NEAR THE TOP OF 

A DAM ON LONG BRANCH...OFF LIONS CLUB DRIVE IN BEREA...IN THE 

VICINITY OF BEREA HIGH SCHOOL. THIS SITUATION WILL NEED TO BE 

MONITORED CLOSELY SHOULD THE EARTHEN DAM RUPTURE.



THE REEDY RIVER WAS NEAR MODERATE FLOOD CATEGORY. THE 1028 AM STAGE 

ON THE RIVER WAS 10.90 FEET. MODERATE FLOOD...RESULTING IN FLOODING 

OF SOME ROADS AND SOME PLACES OF BUSINESS DOWNTOWN...WILL BEGIN 

AT 11 FEET. IT IS LIKELY THAT THE RIVER WILL CREST DOWNTOWN BETWEEN 

11 FEET AND 12 FEET.



SIGNIFICANT RISES CAN BE EXPECTED ON STREAMS...CREEKS AND RIVERS 

DOWNSTREAM OF BEREA...ON THE WEST SIDE OF GREENVILLE AND SOUTH TO 

WELCOME. IN ADDITION...A MAJOR RISE ALONG THE REACH OF THE REEDY 

DOWNSTREAM TO FORK SHOALS WILL OCCUR BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE RIVER AT 

FORK SHOALS WILL COME VERY CLOSE TO ITS BANKFULL STAGE OF 12 FEET BY 

5 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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



LAT...LON 3479 8247 3469 8236 3475 8233 3488 8233

      3499 8235 3502 8243 3501 8253



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