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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

906 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR ANDERSON

COUNTY...



AT 906 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ONE 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EXITING THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE COUNTY NEAR 

IVA...AND A SECOND CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN 

END OF THE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN SEVERAL 

LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTY OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS...AND THE NEXT 

ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

INCHES THROUGH 11 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. FLOOD PROBLEMS 

ARE LIKELY TO BECOME ESPECIALLY BAD IN LOW AREAS NEAR THE INTERSTATE 

85 CORRIDOR...ACROSS POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN THE CITY OF 

ANDERSON...AND FROM STARR TO IVA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED 

ROADWAYS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO 

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT 

TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3473 8266 3476 8256 3472 8247 3465 8247

      3463 8245 3458 8246 3433 8255 3421 8275

      3428 8276 3436 8283 3444 8285 3448 8289



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