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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

110 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2005



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CALDWELL NC-

110 AM EDT MON JUL 4 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR WESTERN

CALDWELL COUNTY...



AT 110 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE HEADWATERS 

OF WILSON CREEK...IN WESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EDGEMONT... 

MORTIMER...AND BROWN MOUNTAIN BEACH CAMPGROUND.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 200 AM. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL PUSH WILSON 

CREEK AND HARPER CREEK OUT OF THEIR BANKS. EXPECT RAPID RISES IN THE 

WILSON CREEK GORGE...RESULTING IN A SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS 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 STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO 

STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY 

RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS.



LAT...LON 3596 8181 3585 8167 3604 8156 3610 8172



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