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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1202 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2006



NCC161-261700-

RUTHERFORD NC-

1208 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR RUTHERFORD 

COUNTY...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM BAT 

CAVE TO CHIMNEY ROCK AND LAKE LURE. LOCAL RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN 

EVACUTAED. PARTS OF HIGHWAY 64 WERE UNDER WATER.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN 

RUTHERFORD COUNTY...ESPECIALLY OVER LAKE LURE.



REMEMBER THAT MOST FLOOD FATALITIES ARE THE RESULT OF DRIVING INTO

FLOODED STREETS...ROADS...OR STREAMS...OR OCCUR WHEN CHILDREN PLAY IN

OR NEAR STORM DRAINS OR STREAMS.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



LAT...LON 3540 8226 3542 8212 3551 8206 3550 8230



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