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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

214 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008



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MITCHELL NC-

214 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY...



AT 209 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN STILL 

OCCURRING SOUTH OF SPRUCE PINE. FLOODING OF BASEMENTS AND LOCAL 

ROADS WERE BEING REPORTED IN AND AROUND THE SPRUCE PINE AREA. RUNOFF 

FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BRUSHY...GRASSY AND 

GRAVEYARD CREEKS TO OVERFLOW THIER BANKS.



THE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND 

UNDERPASSES OVER THE NEXT HOUR. 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.



LAT...LON 3594 8205 3592 8202 3587 8202 3584 8213

      3589 8213

TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 180DEG 0KT 3587 8211



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