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WGUS72 KGSP 280453

FFSGSP

NCC089-099-175-280510-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1253 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRES AT 100 AM EDT FOR 

JACKSON...TRANSYLVANIA AND HENDERSON COUNTIES...



AT 1245 AM EDT...RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED NORTH OF THE 

WARNING AREA.  A CHECK WITH COUNTY COMMUNICATION CENTERS INDICATED 

FLOODING OF A FEW ROADS HAD OCCURRED...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT FLASH 

FLOODING WAS ONGOING.



ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN COULD OCCUR LATER TONIGHT...IN A 

STEADIER FASHION...WITH SLOWER RAINFALL RATES.  IT IS POSSIBLE A 

FLOOD WARNING COULD BE REQUIRED OVERNIGHT FOR GRADUAL RISES.



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.  ALSO...MUD AND ROCK 

SLIDES MAY STILL OCCUR EVEN THOUGH THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS 

DECREASED.



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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