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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

122 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005



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SPARTANBURG SC-

122 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR SPARTANBURG

COUNTY...



AT 122 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH 

FROM UNION COUNTY INTO THE HEART OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY. THE AXIS OF 

HEAVY RAINFALL HAD SHIFTED WEST TO STRETCH FROM MOORE TO WELLFORD. 

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AT RATES OF 

1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR IN AFFECTED LOCATIONS. STREAM FLOODING AND 

DEEP STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP.



DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...SEVERE URBAN FLOODING CAN OCCUR IN AREAS 

SUCH AS UNDERPASSES...AND LOW AREAS WHERE WATER TENDS TO COLLECT. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS IF DRIVING AT NIGHT SINCE IT WILL BE HARDER 

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED 

ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



LAT...LON 3484 8218 3462 8188 3489 8173 3513 8185

      3516 8218



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