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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

854 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006



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POLK NC-

854 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR POLK

COUNTY...



AT 850 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT 

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODCUED THE VERY HEAVY RAIN EARLIER HAVE 

MOSTLY MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...SEVERE FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED IN SALUDA BY COUNTY OFFICIALS. SOME ROADS WERE REPORTED 

FLOODED.

 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER

SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL

FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.



LAT...LON 3538 8227 3519 8234 3523 8202 3539 8214



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GABRIC

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