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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1012 PM EDT TUE SEP 7 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR

GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...ANDERSON AND

SPARTANBURG COUNTIES...



AT 953 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES AND 

RAIN GAUGE REPORTS INDICATE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 

THE AREA TODAY. LOCAL OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT MOST OF THE FLOODING 

THIS EVENING HAS OCCURRED OVER THE WESTERN UPSTATE...PARTICULARLY IN 

ANDERSON COUNTY WHERE SEVERAL CREEKS HAVE FLOODED ROADWAYS IN AREAS 

BETWEEN ANDERSON AND BELTON... INCLUDING BROADWAY CREEK. HOWEVER... 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED TO THE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG 

AREA...WHERE RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE 

LATE THIS EVENING. 



THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG 

ADDITIONAL CREEKS AND STREAMS...INCLUDING INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED 

TO THE REEDY RIVER AND BRUSHY CREEK IN GREENVILLE COUNTIES...AND 

TRIBUTARIES OF THE TYGER AND PACOLET RIVERS IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. 

URBAN FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP IN GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG 

COUNTIES



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. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3459 8287 3483 8246 3506 8256 3511 8267

      3518 8188 3485 8176 3460 8185 3453 8165

      3445 8170 3430 8189 3420 8195 3414 8191

      3396 8203 3401 8223 3397 8230 3406 8233

      3408 8249 3402 8260 3444 8285 3448 8297



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