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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

754 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005



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HAYWOOD NC-

754 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR HAYWOOD

COUNTY...



AT 753 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

SHOW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH 

ACROSS HAYWOOD COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL REMAINS ANCHORED ALONG 

THE SOUTHERN PART OF HAYWOOD COUNTY BORDERING TRANSYLVANIA 

COUNTY...WHERE AUTOMATED GAGES INDICATE AN ADDITIONAL INCH TO AN 

INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THROUGH EARLY EVENING. NO NEW

FLOODING HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER...BUT AT 

LEAST ONE CAMPGROUND AT CAMP HOPE HAS BEEN EVACUATED DUE TO RISING

CREEK LEVELS AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. 



THROUGH 11 PM...BANDS OF OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE 

ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. WITH EACH BURST OF HEAVY RAIN WILL COME A 

RAPID RISE ON AREA STREAMS...CREEKS AND SHALLOWER RIVERS. FLASH 

FLOODING COULD DEVELOP AT ANY TIME...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH BETWEEN 

WAYNESVILLE AND THE TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY LINE. LATER THIS 

EVENING...STREAMS IN THE VICINITY OF WAYNESVILLE AND CANTON COULD 

APPROACH BANKFULL...ESPECIALLY THE PIGEON RIVER AND HYATT CREEK.



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 3582 8294 3564 8286 3555 8278 3541 8276

      3530 8292 3537 8301 3547 8316 3578 8325



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