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WGUS72 KGSP 261639

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1240 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2006



NCC149-261715-

POLK NC-

1240 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR POLK 

COUNTY...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING...WITH 

SEVERAL ROADS UNDER WATER IN THE SALUDA...SUNNY VIEW AND MILLS 

SPRINGS AREAS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE IN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...WITH MORE EXPECTED 

LATER THIS EVENING.



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.



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 3519 8236 3519 8224 3539 8215 3539 8226

      3530 8235



$$



GMS

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000 

WGUS72 KGSP 261639

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1240 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2006



NCC149-261715-

POLK NC-

1240 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR POLK 

COUNTY...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING...WITH 

SEVERAL ROADS UNDER WATER IN THE SALUDA...SUNNY VIEW AND MILLS 

SPRINGS AREAS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE IN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...WITH MORE EXPECTED 

LATER THIS EVENING.



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.



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 3519 8236 3519 8224 3539 8215 3539 8226

      3530 8235



$$



GMS

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