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WGUS72 KGSP 080251

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NCC045-SCC021-023-087-080315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1051 PM EDT TUE SEP 7 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR CHESTER...

UNION...CHEROKEE AND CLEVELAND COUNTIES...



AT 1037 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

RADAR ESTIMATES AND RAIN GAUGE REPORTS INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. COUNTY OFFICIALS 

REPORT MOST OF THE FLOODING THIS EVENING HAS OCCURRED IN CHEROKEE... 

WHERE SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE 

COUNTY DUE TO FLOODING CREEKS.   



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RATES OF ONE INCH OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE AT 

TIMES OVERNIGHT...AND THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE 

FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS...INCLUDING DRY CREEK...GRASSY RUN 

BRANCH...AND SMALL TRIBUTARIES OF THE BROAD RIVER. 



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 3454 8089 3454 8089 3460 8182 3483 8177

      3490 8170 3501 8177 3535 8169 3556 8168

      3555 8151 3518 8138 3505 8142 3505 8147

      3502 8150 3482 8148 3482 8090 3472 8087



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