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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1046 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR 

JACKSON...TRANSYLVANIA AND HENDERSON COUNTIES...



AT 1030 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED RAIN BANDS MOVING THROUGH THE WARNING 

AREA.  THESE BANDS CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  IN JACKSON 

COUNTY...SOME FLOODING CONTINUED NEAR WEBSTER ALONG ROADS PREVIOUSLY 

DAMAGED BY FLOODING.  IN HENDERSON COUNTY...WATER IN STREAMS WAS 

REPORTED TO BE RUNNING VERY HIGH...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAD 

BEEN REPORTED YET.  IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY...SOME FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED AT CASCADE LAKE ROAD AND MERRILL ROAD.  IT WAS UNKNOWN IF A 

STREAM WAS INVOLVED.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

SYLVA...ROSMAN...MOUNTAIN HOME...LAKE TOXAWAY...HENDERSONVILLE...

CULLOWHEE...CASHIERS...BAT CAVE AND BALSAM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.  MUD AND ROCK SLIDES MAY OCCUR EVEN 

WHERE NO FLOODING OCCURS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3543 8308 3528 8292 3530 8285 3545 8268

      3542 8254 3545 8237 3550 8232 3546 8227

      3539 8227 3528 8235 3519 8236 3521 8239

      3517 8244 3513 8264 3507 8315 3541 8327



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