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WGUS72 KGSP 020326

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1124 PM EDT WED SEP 1 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR AVERY AND 

NORTHERN BURKE COUNTIES...



AT 1124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM NEWLAND TO 

CROSSNORE TO JONAS RIDGE. RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF NEARLY 

TWO INCHES PER HOUR IN THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS...WITH THREE TO FOUR 

INCHES OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS.



AVERY COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT WORSENING FLOODING CONDITIONS IN THE 

LINVILLE RIVER BASIN IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE COUNTY...WITH CREEK 

AND STREAM FLOODING NOW SPREADING INTO THE NEWLAND AREA. FLOODING 

CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY WORSEN RAPIDLY FROM NEWLAND TO JONAS 

RIDGE...AND DOWN INTO THE LINVILLE GORGE OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



IF YOU LIVE NEAR A STREAM OR CREEK...CHECK STREAM LEVELS FREQUENTLY 

AS WATER LEVELS WILL LIKELY RISE VERY RAPIDLY. BE PREPARED TO MOVE 

QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY. IF DRIVING...BE ESPECIALLY 

CAUTIOUS SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH 

FLOODS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



LAT...LON 3584 8192 3594 8181 3622 8193 3611 8208

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