Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
240 PM EDT MON OCT 22 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR ALL UPSTATE COUNTIES...

AT 230 THIS AFTERNOON RAIN SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE
NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA...WITH HEAVY SHOWERS NOTED
BY WEATHER RADAR ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE LINE. THE SHOWERS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

ANOTHER BAND OF RAIN IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WAS INCREASING
AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA DURING THE NEXT ONE TO
TWO HOURS...BRINGING OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN.

THE RAIN AT THE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG AIRPORT MEASURED OVER AN
INCH AND A HALF /1.70/ SINCE MIDNIGHT. AN OFF DUTY WEATHER EMPLOYEE
REPORTED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN TODAY /2.02/ JUST EAST OF
SIMPSONVILLE IN SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY.
THE REEDY RIVER IN GREENVILLE HAD ABOUT 6 FEET OF WATER AT 235 PM
WHICH IS OVER TWO FEEAT BELOW THE FLOOD LEVEL.
MUSGROVE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
335 PM EDT MON OCT 22 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR ALL UPSTATE COUNTIES...

A CHECK WITH THE EMERGENCY PREPARDNESS OFFICIES IN THE TRI-COUNTY
AREA OF SOUTH CAROLINA...THATS OCONEE...ANDDERSON...AND PICKENS
COUNTIES...REVEALED NO SERIOUS FLOOD PROBLEMS SHORTLY AFTER 3 PM.
THE STREAMS WERE SWOLLEN BUT REMAINED BELOW THE FLOOD STAGE. THE
RAINFALL DURING THE LAST THREE HOURS WAS HEAVIEST IN THOSE AREAS.

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS WIDESPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA AT 330 THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTH
CAROLINA UPSTATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH
MOST OF THE NIGHT.

PERSONS IN THOSE AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING SHOULD
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FREQUENTLY THIS EVENING FOR THE LATEST
WEATHER BULLETINS OR WARNINGS.
MUSGROVE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
430 PM EDT MON OCT 22 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THE NIGHT FOR ALL UPSTATE COUNTIES...
...RAIN IS INCREASING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...

AT 430 THIS AFTERNOON RAIN WAS WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE NORTHWESTERN
COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA...WITH A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN NOTED BY
RADAR EXTENDING FROM NEAR BELTON SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA
NEAR MACON. THIS HEAVY RAIN...WITH POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS...WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR.  THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY
THROUGH SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY AND INTO SPARTANBURG DURING THE
NEXT HOUR...JUST IN TIME FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR. HEAVY
RAIN WAS ALSO INDICATED MOVING INTO GREENWOOD COUNTY BY 5 PM.

THOSE AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE MAY HAVE STANDING WATER ACROSS THE
ROADWAYS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND MOTORISTS ARE UGED
TO SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION.
MUSGROVE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
455 PM EDT MON OCT 22 1990

... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ...
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES .... CLEVELAND
... CATAWBA ... LINCOLN ... GASTON ... MECKLENBURG ... CABARRUS ...
UNION ... ANSON ...STANLY ... MONTGOMERY ... IREDELL ... AND ROWAN
UNTIL 8 AM TUESDAY.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA ...
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CHEROKEE ... YORK ... CHESTER ... AND
LANCASTER.

AT 445 PM EDT ... CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED RAIN COVERING MOST
OF THE MOUNTAINS ... FOOTHILLS ... AND PIEDMONT SECTIONS OF BOTH
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS DEPICTED OVER
GASTON COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA.  ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 20 MPH.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED JUST BEFORE 7 PM EDT.

CLARK