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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1201 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005



NCC149-071800-

POLK NC-

1201 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR POLK

COUNTY...



AT 1158 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

ONGOING IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ACROSS POLK COUNTY. SHORTLY AFTER 11 

AM...MUDSLIDES OCCURRED IN TRYON AND COLUMBUS...CLOSING PART OF 

HUNTING COUNTRY ROAD...HIGHWAY 9 SOUTH AND BIG LEVEL ROAD. FLOODING 

HAD CLOSED PART OF THE FOLLOWING ROADS IN POLK COUNTY: FOX MOUNTAIN 

ROAD...LANDRUM ROAD...COX ROAD...BIG LEVEL ROAD AND WOMACK ROAD.



WEATHER RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...BUT 

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LIKELY OCCUR THROUGH THE 

AFTERNOON. EACH SHOWER THAT IMPACTS THE COUNTY COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY 

HEAVY RAIN. IN ADDITION...A CLUSTER OF STORMS ACROSS THE FAR WESTERN 

MOUNTAINS WILL SHIFT EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...EVENTUALLY 

OVERSPREADING THE COUNTY. WATER LEVELS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE 

THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...AND THE WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED WELL 

INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILL SPRING

AND LAKE ADGER.



LAT...LON 3517 8239 3518 8216 3521 8195 3538 8208

      3538 8223 3536 8228



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