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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

401 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008



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TRANSYLVANIA NC-

401 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR

TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY...



AT 354 PM EST...AN AUTOMATED RIVER GAGE ON THE DAVIDSON RIVER SHOWED 

A LEVEL OF 4.6 FEET WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING IN LOW LYING 

AREAS NEAR THE RIVER. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RISE TO 

NEAR 6 FEET. THE AUTOMATED RIVER GAGE ON THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER 

REPORTED A RIVER LEVEL OF 8.1 FEET AT 4 PM. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 9 FEET BEFORE CRESTING AROUND 6 PM. THE 

PUBLIC HAS REPORTED DEPOT STREET AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS HAVE BEEN 

FLOODED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH 

IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROSMAN...LAKE

TOXAWAY AND BREVARD



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING

FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH

CAROLINA.



LAT...LON 3537 8275 3518 8264 3506 8292 3512 8297

TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 180DEG 0KT 3509 8296



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