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000 

WGUS72 KGSP 312018

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

413 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006



NCC199-312130-

YANCEY NC-

413 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTY...



AT 408 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED JUST 

SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS OVER SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTY. RAIN AMOUNTS

SINCE EARLY AFTERNOON HAVE BEEN RATHER LIGHT. HOWEVER...RADAR ALSO

INDICATED BANDS OF SHOWERS...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...ORGANIZING

UPSTREAM IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE

HEADING TO THE WEST...AND WILL BE MOVING OVER THE NORTHERN 

MOUNTAINS...AND SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTY...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.



COUNTY OFFICIALS WERE NOT REPORTING ANY FLOODING...AND IN 

FACT...WATER LEVELS HAD ACTUALLY DROPPED A BIT ON NUMEROUS STREAMS 

AND CREEKS THAT WERE NEAR BANKFULL EARLIER. HOWEVER...IT WILL NOT 

TAKE MUCH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO REVERSE THIS TREND AND SEND THE

STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS BETWEEN PENSACOLA AND MOUNT 

MITCHELL.



CONDITIONS CAN CHANGE RAPIDLY...ESPECIALLY DURING ROUNDS OF 

EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION.

THOSE NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND RIVERS...INCLUDING PEOPLE 

STATIONED AT CAMPGROUNDS ADJACENT TO CREEKS...SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE 

EYE ON WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO 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 3572 8231 3573 8218 3583 8214 3592 8218

      3593 8245 3583 8236



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000 

WGUS72 KGSP 312018

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

413 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006



NCC199-312130-

YANCEY NC-

413 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTY...



AT 408 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED JUST 

SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS OVER SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTY. RAIN AMOUNTS

SINCE EARLY AFTERNOON HAVE BEEN RATHER LIGHT. HOWEVER...RADAR ALSO

INDICATED BANDS OF SHOWERS...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...ORGANIZING

UPSTREAM IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE

HEADING TO THE WEST...AND WILL BE MOVING OVER THE NORTHERN 

MOUNTAINS...AND SOUTHERN YANCEY COUNTY...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.



COUNTY OFFICIALS WERE NOT REPORTING ANY FLOODING...AND IN 

FACT...WATER LEVELS HAD ACTUALLY DROPPED A BIT ON NUMEROUS STREAMS 

AND CREEKS THAT WERE NEAR BANKFULL EARLIER. HOWEVER...IT WILL NOT 

TAKE MUCH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO REVERSE THIS TREND AND SEND THE

STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS BETWEEN PENSACOLA AND MOUNT 

MITCHELL.



CONDITIONS CAN CHANGE RAPIDLY...ESPECIALLY DURING ROUNDS OF 

EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION.

THOSE NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND RIVERS...INCLUDING PEOPLE 

STATIONED AT CAMPGROUNDS ADJACENT TO CREEKS...SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE 

EYE ON WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO 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 3572 8231 3573 8218 3583 8214 3592 8218

      3593 8245 3583 8236



$$



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