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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

853 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005



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OCONEE SC-

853 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR OCONEE

COUNTY...



AT 830 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF OCONEE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN WAS BETWEEN SALEM AND WALHALLA AS STORMS MOVED NORTHEAST AT 

AROUND 20 MPH. 



LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LONG CREEK TO WALHALLA TO 

FAIRVIEW RECEIVED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE EARLY 

EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ANOTHER INCH COULD AFFECT THE REGION 

BEFORE THIS BATCH OF HEAVY RAIN MOVES OUT OF THE COUNTY. 



HOWEVER...RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL STORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA 

MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF WESTERN OCONEE COUNTY. THIS CLUSTER OF 

STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT LOCATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 11 BETWEEN LONG 

CREEK AND MOUNTAIN REST...A CORRIDOR THAT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED CLOSE 

TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. 



STREAMS...CREEKS AND SMALLER RIVERS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL OCONEE 

COUNTY ...AND ESPECIALLY CREEKS IN THE MOUNTAINS...WILL LIKELY 

EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES TO NEAR BANKFULL...AS RUNOFF FROM THE FIRST 

ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH THE COUNTY CREEK BASINS. 

ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE ARE THE CHAUGA RIVER...BONE CAMP CREEK AND 

CEDAR CREEK.



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

SALEM...MOUNTAIN REST AND LONG CREEK.



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.



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 3448 8300 3456 8290 3463 8285 3502 8294

      3498 8308 3487 8322 3471 8333



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