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WGUS72 KGSP 261448

FFSGSP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

1048 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009



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CHEROKEE SC-

1048 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT FOR

CHEROKEE COUNTY...



AT 1038 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE RAIN SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ADDITIONAL FLOODING OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS BEEN OCCURRING OVER THE 

EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY AND HAS BEEN MAINLY CONFINED TO RURAL 

AREAS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF BLACKSBURG.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED 

ROADWAYS DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS THEM...TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER 

ROUTE.



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LAT...LON 3518 8181 3516 8137 3503 8148 3493 8150

      3498 8176



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