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WGUS72 KGSP 190635

FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

233 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005



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SPARTANBURG SC-

233 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2005



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

COUNTY...



AT 230 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A SERIES OF SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING WEST 

AT 5 TO 10 MPH ACROSS SPARTANBURG COUNTY. THE AXIS OF HEAVY RAINFALL 

HAD WEAKENED...BUT MORE SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING TO THE EAST AND 

MOVING TOWARD THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH 

PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. MINOR STREAM 

FLOODING AND DEEP STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY.



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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