

000 

WGUS72 KGSP 261946

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

346 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



NCC179-262115-

/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080826T2115Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

UNION NC-

346 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR UNION

COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...



AT 333 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS UNION COUNTY. ANOTHER LARGE CLUSTER OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE 

WARNED AREA BY 415 PM. THE HOURLY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THESE 

SHOWERS MAY RANGE FROM A HALF INCH TO AN INCH. THIS ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO EXCEED BANKFULL. 

AT 230 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL STREETS 

FLOODED IN MARSHVILLE.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3482 8033 3482 8056 3482 8078 3490 8080

      3494 8079 3500 8083 3503 8079 3503 8076

      3518 8056 3518 8047 3517 8046 3518 8028



$$



NED

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000 

WGUS72 KGSP 261946

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

346 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



NCC179-262115-

/O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080826T2115Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

UNION NC-

346 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR UNION

COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...



AT 333 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS UNION COUNTY. ANOTHER LARGE CLUSTER OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE 

WARNED AREA BY 415 PM. THE HOURLY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THESE 

SHOWERS MAY RANGE FROM A HALF INCH TO AN INCH. THIS ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO EXCEED BANKFULL. 

AT 230 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL STREETS 

FLOODED IN MARSHVILLE.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3482 8033 3482 8056 3482 8078 3490 8080

      3494 8079 3500 8083 3503 8079 3503 8076

      3518 8056 3518 8047 3517 8046 3518 8028



$$



NED

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