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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

307 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



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BURKE NC-CALDWELL NC-

307 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL AND NORTHWESTERN BURKE COUNTIES...



AT 255 AM EDT...FLOODING REMAINS LIMITED TO PARTS OF THE LINVILLE

AND JOHNS RIVERS. WATER FROM THE LINVILLE RIVER REMAINS OVER PARKS 

DRIVE NEAR LAKE JAMES. WATER FROM THE JOHNS RIVER IS OVER PARTS

OF OLD JOHNS RIVER ROAD AND PLAYMORE BEACH ROAD...AND WILSON 

CREEK REMAINS OUT OF IT/S BANKS ALONG BROWN MOUNTAIN BEACH ROAD.



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.



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 1000 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING

FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.



LAT...LON 3610 8154 3579 8171 3572 8187 3573 8188

      3581 8198 3585 8191 3589 8190 3596 8194

      3598 8191 3596 8180 3605 8173 3610 8179

      3611 8179



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