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WGUS72 KGSP 100511
FFSGSP

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

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

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

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR GREENVILLE...TAYLORS...AND GREER...

AT 104 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE
BEEN CLOSED FOR HIGH WATER...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 85 AT PELHAM
RD...AND MEMORIAL DRIVE EXTENSION IN GREER WHERE A BRIDGE HAS ALSO
COLLAPSED. BRUSHY CREEK HAS FLOODED HOMES ALONG EDWARDS ROAD IN
GREER...AND A STREAM IS OUT OF ITS BANKS NEAR FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
IN TAYLORS. THE REEDY RIVER AT WESTFIELD STREET IN DOWNTOWN
GREENVILLE IS ALSO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. 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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