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WGUS72 KGSP 261625

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1217 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2006



NCC089-261700-

HENDERSON NC-

1217 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2006



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

COUNTY...



AT 1214 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING IN AND AROUND BAT CAVE. LOCAL RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN 

EVACUATED...ESPECIALLY ALONG RIVERSIDE DRIVE. PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 64 

AND BRIDGES IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY ARE UNDER 

WATER. CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE OVER THEIR BANKS AND BUILDINGS ALONG 

THE ROCKY BROAD RIVER WILL BE PRONE TO FLOODING.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE 

OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS IN EASTERN HENDERSON 

COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE BAT CAVE AREA.



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.



WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP OR ROCKY...REMAIN

ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ROCK OR MUD SLIDES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



LAT...LON 3530 8261 3516 8256 3520 8237 3539 8227

      3548 8231 3543 8268



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GMS

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000 

WGUS72 KGSP 261625

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1217 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2006



NCC089-261700-

HENDERSON NC-

1217 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2006



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

COUNTY...



AT 1214 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING IN AND AROUND BAT CAVE. LOCAL RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN 

EVACUATED...ESPECIALLY ALONG RIVERSIDE DRIVE. PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 64 

AND BRIDGES IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY ARE UNDER 

WATER. CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE OVER THEIR BANKS AND BUILDINGS ALONG 

THE ROCKY BROAD RIVER WILL BE PRONE TO FLOODING.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE 

OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS IN EASTERN HENDERSON 

COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE BAT CAVE AREA.



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.



WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP OR ROCKY...REMAIN

ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ROCK OR MUD SLIDES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG.



LAT...LON 3530 8261 3516 8256 3520 8237 3539 8227

      3548 8231 3543 8268



$$



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