
959
WGUS72 KGSP 100614
FFSGSP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
214 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014

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SPARTANBURG SC-GREENVILLE SC-
214 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL GREENVILLE AND
WEST CENTRAL SPARTANBURG COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM EDT...

AT 210 AM EDT...RAINFALL RATES HAVE SLOWED ACROSS THE
GREENVILLE...TAYLORS..AND GREER AREAS...BUT SEVERAL CREEKS AND
MAINSTEM RIVERS REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.

RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO CONTINUE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...CHERRYDALE POINT...FURMAN
UNIVERSITY...GREER...GSP AIRPORT...HAYWOOD MALL...LAKE
ROBINSON...PELHAM ROAD AT I-85...SHOPS AT GREENRIDGE AND TAYLORS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD
DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

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LAT...LON 3480 8247 3493 8251 3501 8232 3501 8215
      3486 8215 3482 8227 3479 8246

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