

000 

WGUS72 KGSP 080852

FFSGSP

NCC071-SCC023-091-081045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

449 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 AM EDT FOR CHESTER...

YORK AND GASTON COUNTIES...



AT 445 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNING AREA. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES COULD OCCUR BEFORE DAYBREAK.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCK

HILL...RICHBURG...MCCONNELLS...LOWRYS...HICKORY GROVE...GREAT

FALLS...CLOVER...CHESTER...CATAWBA...STANLEY...MOUNT HOLLY...

LOWELL...GASTONIA...DALLAS...CRAMERTON...BESSEMER CITY AND BELMONT.



THUS FAR...FLOODING HAS BEEN RELATIVELY MINOR...CONFINED TO 

EXTENSIVE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND SOME URBAN FLOODING IN AND 

AROUND YORK. WATER FROM FISHING CREEK WAS OVERTOPPING A BRIDGE ON 

OLD YORK ROAD. PARTS OF HIGHWAYS 161 AND 321 WERE PARTIALLY COVERED 

BY WATER...AS WERE RAILROAD AVENUE...BRATTON AVENUE AND EAST 

JEFFERSON STREET AND EAST ROBERTS STREET.



NO FLOODING HAD YET BEEN REPORTED FROM CHESTER OR GASTON 

COUNTY...ALTHOUGH COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED STREAM AND CREEK LEVELS 

RISING. IT IS LIKELY ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL DEVELOP DURING THE 

VALID WARNING TIME.



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 3456 8141 3456 8091 3491 8090 3509 8110

      3538 8099 3538 8129 3498 8146



$$



BURRUS

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000 

WGUS72 KGSP 080852

FFSGSP

NCC071-SCC023-091-081045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

449 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 AM EDT FOR CHESTER...

YORK AND GASTON COUNTIES...



AT 445 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNING AREA. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES COULD OCCUR BEFORE DAYBREAK.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCK

HILL...RICHBURG...MCCONNELLS...LOWRYS...HICKORY GROVE...GREAT

FALLS...CLOVER...CHESTER...CATAWBA...STANLEY...MOUNT HOLLY...

LOWELL...GASTONIA...DALLAS...CRAMERTON...BESSEMER CITY AND BELMONT.



THUS FAR...FLOODING HAS BEEN RELATIVELY MINOR...CONFINED TO 

EXTENSIVE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND SOME URBAN FLOODING IN AND 

AROUND YORK. WATER FROM FISHING CREEK WAS OVERTOPPING A BRIDGE ON 

OLD YORK ROAD. PARTS OF HIGHWAYS 161 AND 321 WERE PARTIALLY COVERED 

BY WATER...AS WERE RAILROAD AVENUE...BRATTON AVENUE AND EAST 

JEFFERSON STREET AND EAST ROBERTS STREET.



NO FLOODING HAD YET BEEN REPORTED FROM CHESTER OR GASTON 

COUNTY...ALTHOUGH COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED STREAM AND CREEK LEVELS 

RISING. IT IS LIKELY ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL DEVELOP DURING THE 

VALID WARNING TIME.



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 3456 8141 3456 8091 3491 8090 3509 8110

      3538 8099 3538 8129 3498 8146



$$



BURRUS

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