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WGUS72 KGSP 080413

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1213 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 AM EDT FOR POLK...

HENDERSON AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES...



AT MIDNIGHT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 

CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES AND RAINFALL GAUGE 

REPORTS INDICATE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TODAY ACROSS MUCH 

OF THE AREA. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OCCURRING 

ACROSS THE AREA...WITH NUMEROUS CREEKS AND STREAMS OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS. IN HENDERSON COUNTY...EVACUATIONS ARE UNDER WAY ALONG SOME 

STREAMS. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE COVERED WITH WATER IN THE LAKE LURE 

AREA...AND SOME BRIDGES ARE COVERED. IN POLK COUNTY...WATER IS 

SPILLING OVER THE DAM AT LAKE ADGER. HIGHWAY 9 IS EXPECTED TO SOON 

BE COVERED WITH WATER IN PARTS OF POLK COUNTY.   



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 

INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THIS ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE THE FLOODING PROBLEM TO BECOME SERIOUS AND LIFE 

THREATENING ALONG SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE WARNED AREA. 



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 3545 8266 3542 8254 3545 8237 3550 8232

      3546 8224 3551 8222 3554 8202 3552 8189

      3556 8183 3558 8170 3556 8169 3519 8177

      3519 8237 3521 8239 3517 8244 3516 8253

      3544 8271



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