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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1230 AM EDT THU SEP 2 2004



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

NORTHERN BURKE COUNTIES...



AT 1230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE FROM 

JUST SOUTH OF GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN TO CROSSNORE TO JONAS RIDGE. 

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY SOUTHWEST...WITH RADAR 

INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR...WITH 4 

TO 6 INCHES OVER THE LINVILLE RIVER BASIN IN AVERY COUNTY OVER THE 

PAST THREE HOURS.



FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN END OF THE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY 

FROM FROM LINVILLE TO CROSSNORE...HAS BEEN REPORTED BY AVERY COUNTY 

OFFICIALS. VERY SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING COULD DEVELOP IN THE LINVILLE 

AND MILL TIMBER CREEK BASINS IF THE CURRENT RAINFALL RATES PERSIST. 

BURKE COUNTY COULD STILL SEE FLOODING FROM JONAS RIDGE TO THE 

LINVILLE GORGE AS HEAVY PRECIPITATION CONTINUES OVER THE HEADWATERS 

UPSTREAM.



IF YOU LIVE NEAR A STREAM OR CREEK...CONTINUE TO 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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