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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

201 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



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MCDOWELL NC-RUTHERFORD NC-

201 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN RUTHERFORD AND WESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES...



AT 150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTH 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM A HALF TO ONE INCH 

CAN BE EXPECTED WITH FLOODING CONTINUING.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODLAWN... 

PLEASANT GROVE...WEST MARION.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING

FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH

CAROLINA.



LAT...LON 3584 8195 3582 8196 3580 8199 3578 8196

      3534 8199 3537 8211 3540 8214 3539 8218

      3541 8227 3552 8221 3553 8217 3559 8228

      3569 8228 3572 8221 3582 8212



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