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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

750 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005



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JACKSON NC-

750 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR JACKSON

COUNTY...



AT 737 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED CONTINUED 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE TUCKASEGEE RIVER CAME OUT OF ITS 

BANKS AND FLOODED SOME LOW LYING ROADS...INCLUDING THE HAVEN INSLEY 

TRAILER PARK IN WEBSTER...WHERE A FEW EVACUATIONS WERE REQUIRED. 

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED EAST AND RAIN HAS LET UP 

ACROSS MOST OF THE COUNTY. WATER LEVELS WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO FALL 

THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING.



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 3509 8318 3506 8307 3525 8293 3531 8294

      3544 8308 3542 8335 3526 8331



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