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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

706 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR MADISON

COUNTY...



AT 650 PM EDT...THE MADISON EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER REPORTED 

THAT BIG PINE CREEK WAS STILL FLOODING AND THE WATER WAS STILL 

RISING SOME.  ADDITIONAL FAST RISES ARE LIKELY AS STORMS MOVE BACK 

INTO THE SAME AREA.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAUSED LOTS OF TREES TO BE BLOWN DOWN AROUND 

LAUREL IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY...ALONG HIGHWAY 208.  

THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA HAVE DUMPED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS 

WELL...AND FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG SOME OF THE 

STREAMS THERE.



AT 7 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED THE BIGGEST CONCENTRATION OF HEAVY RAIN 

BETWEEN SPRING CREEK AND MARSHALL...SO FLASH FLOODING IN THAT PART 

OF THE COUNTY COULD BECOME A MAJOR PROBLEM.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



LAT...LON 3606 8260 3592 8289 3566 8283 3583 8242



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