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WGUS72 KGSP 010127

FFSGSP

NCC111-010315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

927 PM EDT TUE AUG 31 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN 

MCDOWELL COUNTY...



AT 914 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT RAINFALL 

HAD DIMINISHED QUICKLY ACROSS NORTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY.  JUST A 

SMALL AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS LEFT.



HOWEVER...3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN ABOUT 5 PM AND 8 

PM...AND FLASH FLOODING LIKELY HAS OCCURRED ON SOME OF THE SMALL 

STREAMS WHICH ARE TRIBUTARIES OF ARMSTRONG CREEK.  SOME FLOODING 

LIKELY WAS STILL IN PROGRESS.  THE MCDOWELL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS 

CENTER HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING AS OF 850 PM.  IF 

THE HEAVY RAIN DOES NOT REDEVELOP...AND NO REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING 

ARE RECEIVED...THE WARNING MAY BE CANCELED EARLY.



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 3590 8199 3581 8213 3571 8222 3565 8215

      3582 8189



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