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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

744 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005



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HAYWOOD NC-

744 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR HAYWOOD 

COUNTY...



AT 745 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN HAYWOOD 

COUNTY...BUT HEAVY RAIN HAD SHIFTED AWAY FROM WAYNESVILLE AND 

DILLSBORO...WHERE SOME ROADS WERE CLOSED EARLIER DUE TO A SWOLLEN 

ALLENS CREEK. WATER LEVELS HAVE RECEDED IN THAT AREA AND ROADS ARE 

NO LONGER CLOSED...BUT SOME LOW LYING FLOOD PROBLEMS COULD STILL 

DEVELOP IN SOUTHERN HAYWOOD COUNTY FROM WOLF MOUNTAIN TO CASHIERS AS 

WHAT IS LEFT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHIFTS SOUTH AND SLOWLY 

WEAKENS WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.



A NUMBER OF STREAMS AND CREEKS REMAIN NEAR BANKFULL AROUND 

WAYNESVILLE...AND IN AREAS JUST SOUTH OF WAYNESVILLE. BE ALERT FOR 

ENCOUNTERING AREAS OF STANDING WATER...AND BE PREPARED TO FIND AN 

ALTERNATE ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. NEVER DRIVE 

THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WAYNESVILLE...MAGGIE VALLEY...LAKE JUNALUSKA AND CANTON.



LAT...LON 3530 8295 3531 8285 3537 8279 3556 8278

      3559 8305 3553 8312 3548 8314



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