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WGUS72 KGSP 092306

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

703 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005



NCC173-100030-

SWAIN NC-

703 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR SWAIN 

COUNTY...



AT 705 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUED ALONG WESSER AND BIG CREEKS

IN THE VICINITY OF WESSER...IN SOUTHWEST SWAIN COUNTY. ALTHOUGH 

RAINFALL RATES HAVE FALLEN EARLY THIS EVENING...SEVERAL ROADS

REMAIN IMPASSABLE IN AND AROUND WESSER DUE TO THE FLOODING. DOPPLER 

RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS REDEVELOPING IN THIS AREA...SUGGESTING

THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY SLOW THE RATE OF RECESSION 

AS THE IMPACTED STREAMS TRY TO FALL BACK BELOW BANKFULL. THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SWAIN COUNTY THROUGH 830 

PM EDT.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LUADA AND

ALMOND.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IF 

STANDING WATER IS ENCOUNTERED...TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE 

TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY.



LAT...LON 3527 8367 3528 8349 3543 8350 3543 8354

      3535 8363



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