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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
316 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 700 AM EDT
* AT 308 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
REDEVELOPING CLUSTER OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS POLK AND WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTIES...DRIFTING
SLOWLY EAST AT 5 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING
RAINFALL AT RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...AND WERE AFFECTING
LOCATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER
THIS MORNING.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLUMBUS...CHIMNEY ROCK...LAKE ADGER...LAKE LURE...
SPINDALE...THERMAL CITY AND TRYON. FLOODING IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP
ALONG THE BROAD RIVER EAST OF LAKE LURE PARALLEL TO HIGHWAY 64.
EXPECT FLOODING ALONG ANTIOCH ROAD AT CEDAR CREEK IN WESTERN
RUTHERFORD COUNTY NORTHWEST OF SHINGLE HOLLOW...AND ALSO ALONG THE
NORTH PACOLET RIVER...VAUGHN CREEK...AND FORK CREEKS NEAR TRYON IN
COLUMBUS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT
NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH ANY FLOODED ROADWAYS...TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER
ROUTE. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR MUDSLIDES AND OTHER DEBRIS SLIDES
COVERING ROADWAYS. IF FLOODING AFFECTS YOUR LOCATION...SEEK OUT
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
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.