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WGUS72 KGSP 020547

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NCC111-121-020645-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

145 AM EDT THU SEP 2 2004



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

MITCHELL COUNTIES...



AT 145 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE 

BLUE RIDGE NEAR THE BORDER BETWEEN MCDOWELL AND MITCHELL COUNTIES. 

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHWARD ACROSS MITCHELL 

COUNTY AND PRODUCING RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH 

PER HOUR. FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG STREAMS AND 

CREEKS FROM SPRUCE PINE TO ASHFORD.



DEEP STANDING WATER IN LOW SPOTS IS ALSO LIKELY CLOSER TO 

BAKERSVILLE...AND IN WESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE 

ESCARPMENT.



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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