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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

633 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005



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JACKSON NC-

641 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR JACKSON

COUNTY...



AT 636 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD SHIFTED EAST...AND WAS FALLING IN THE 

VICINITY OF CULLOWHEE...WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 3 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR.



RAINFALL HAS LIGHTENED UP IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY...THOUGH 

WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM. SO FAR 

NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE COUNTY...OTHER THAN WHERE 

SAVANNAH CREEK CAME OUT OF ITS BANKS INTO A FEW FIELDS. 

HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS STILL HIGH... 

PARTICULARLY ALONG STREAMS ON THE EAST SIDE OF CULLOWHEE SUCH AS 

WAYEHUTTA CREEK AND CANE CREEK.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SYLVA AND

BALSAM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3512 8316 3531 8294 3549 8314 3541 8336

      3526 8332



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