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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

855 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2005



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HENDERSON NC-

855 AM EDT MON JUN 27 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 AM EDT FOR HENDERSON

COUNTY...



AT 835 AM EDT...THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT MUD CREEK WAS 

CRESTING.  RADAR SHOWED THAT HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED OUT OF THE 

COUNTY.  MANY SMALL STREAMS AROUND THE HEADWATERS OF THE ROCKY BROAD 

RIVER HAVE FLOODED...AND WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE SOON.  MOST PROBLEMS 

ENCOUNTERED THIS MORNING HAVE BEEN RELATED TO PEOPLE DRIVING 

VEHICLES INTO FLOODED SECTIONS OF ROADS.  IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE INTO 

FLOOD WATER...AND MOST FLOOD DEATHS ARE A RESULT OF JUST THAT.  EVEN 

VEHICLES SUCH AS MODERN SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT SAFELY BE 

DRIVEN INTO FLOOD WATER.  HIGH WATER WILL LINGER FOR SEVERAL HOURS 

THIS MORNING.



THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER WAS RISING...AND SOME FLOODING WILL LIKELY 

DEVELOP AROUND FLETCHER.



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 3518 8256 3522 8237 3549 8230 3543 8271



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