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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1238 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



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MITCHELL NC-AVERY NC-

1238 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM EDT FOR AVERY

AND EASTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES...



AT 1230 AM EDT...OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS...4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD

FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN AVERY AND MITCHELL COUNTIES WITH REGIONAL

RADAR INDICATING THAT HEAVY SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED

AREA INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.



THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING ALONG THE LINVILLE RIVER ON GREEN 

ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 221. SIGNIFICANT RISES ON     

STREAMS REMAIN PROBABLE ALONG THE NORTH TOE RIVER AND FLOODING OF 

ROADWAYS ALONG THE RIVER WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ALONG ALTAPASS 

AND WALNUT STRAIGHT ROADS. HEAVY RAIN NEAR ESTATOE WILL RESULT IN 

SIGNIFICANT RISES ON STREAMS...AND FLOODING OF ROADWAYS ALONG BRUSHY 

CREEK AT HIGHWAY 19 NEAR BURNSVILLE AND PENLAND ROADS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3625 8189 3621 8190 3619 8185 3614 8181

      3610 8180 3606 8173 3596 8180 3600 8190

      3587 8202 3609 8226 3609 8207 3613 8204

      3613 8202 3629 8191



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