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WGUS72 KGSP 021417

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NCC121-021530-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1017 AM EDT THU SEP 2 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY...



RAINFALL SINCE MID MORNING HAS BEEN LIGHT AND LIMITED TO EXTREME 

SOUTHERN MITCHELL BUT RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAIN JUST DOWNSTREAM IN 

MCDOWELL COUNTY THAT WAS MOVING NORTH. THIS BATCH OF RAIN WILL MOVE 

INTO ALTAPASS...SPRUCE PINE AND ESTATOE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH 

THE EXPIRATION TIME OF THE WARNING COULD APPROACH 2 INCHES ACROSS

FEEDER CREEKS INTO THE NORTH TOE RIVER.



COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE FLOODING AROUND

ALTAPASS...BUT PARTS OF CARPENTER ISLAND ROAD REMAIN CLOSED DUE

TO FLOODING FROM THE NORTH TOE RIVER. FLOODING COULD BECOME A BIT

MORE WIDESPREAD LATER THIS MORNING ALONG THE NORTH TOE AS HEAVY RAIN 

MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTH. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THE WARNING MAY 

NEED TO BE EXTENDED.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEDGER.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



LAT...LON 3590 8214 3582 8214 3586 8205 3589 8195

      3592 8203 3600 8207 3599 8219



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