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WGUS72 KGSP 020446

FFSGSP

NCC111-121-020645-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1240 AM EDT THU SEP 2 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 AM EDT FOR MCDOWELL AND 

MITCHELL COUNTIES...



AT 1240 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE 

FROM SPRUCE PINE TO ASHFORD TO WOODLAWN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

NEARLY STATIONARY...AND WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 

1.5 INCHES PER HOUR.



FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG EAST FORK GRASSY 

CREEK AND PEPPER CREEK IN EXTREME SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY. FLOODING 

MAY ALSO DEVELOP ALONG HONEYCUTT CREEK IN EXTREME NORTHERN MCDOWELL 

COUNTY. OTHER NEARBY STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD BE AFFECTED AS WELL 

THROUGH 245 AM.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR 

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 3610 8209 3597 8206 3590 8196 3583 8195

      3576 8215 3590 8214 3594 8219 3600 8219

      3601 8223 3599 8225 3604 8230 3602 8233

      3607 8234 3609 8240 3614 8222



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