Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Aug 9, 2003, 7:10 PM EDT (23:10 UTC)

Expired

Aug 9, 2003, 10:00 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Burke County, NC, Catawba County, NC

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WGUS52 KGSP 092310
FFWGSP
NCC023-035-100200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
710 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA  
  WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 702 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG THE CATAWBA AND 
  BURKE COUNTY LINE. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF 
  RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA SINCE 530 PM. AS NEW  
  THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER THE AREA...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES 
  OF RAIN APPEARS LIKELY THROUGH 830 PM. 
  
* FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN EASTERN BURKE COUNTY...AND A 
  PORTION OF HIGHWAY 70 HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. COUNTY 
  OFFICIALS REPORT STREAMS AND CREEKS IN EASTERN BURKE COUNTY ARE 
  RUNNING NEAR BANKFUL...AND THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED THIS 
  EVENING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG SUCH STREAMS AS 
  DROWNING CREEK AND TIMS CREEK. IN ADDITION...URBAN FLOODING WILL 
  LIKELY DEVELOP IN THE HICKORY AREA.   

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE
SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.

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WGUS72 KGSP 100023
FFSGSP
NCC023-035-100200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
823 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR EASTERN BURKE 
AND WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES...

AT 8 PM...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SOME FLOODING HAS OCCURRED 
THIS EVENING ALONG SMALL STREAMS IN THE TOWN OF HILDEBRAN. A PORTION 
OF HIGHWAY 70 REQUIRED CLOSING IN THE VICINITY OF HILDEBRAN AND 
ICARD DUE TO FLOODING...BUT HAS SINCE REOPENED. SOME STREET FLOODING 
HAS ALSO OCCURRED IN THE TOWN OF LONGVIEW. ALTHOUGH THE FLOODING 
APPEARS TO HAVE ABATED FOR THE TIME BEING...NEW THUNDERSTORM 
DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING IN MCDOWELL COUNTY...AND THIS ACTIVITY MAY 
MOVE INTO THE COUNTY LATER THIS EVENING...CREATING A NEW THREAT OF 
FLOODING. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING CONTINUED. 

DO NOT BECOME A FATALITY DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS...THE ROAD COULD
BE WASHED OUT FROM THE FLOW OF THE WATER...AND YOUR CAR COULD BE
SWEPT AWAY BY THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER.

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WGUS72 KGSP 100154
FFSGSP
NCC023-035-100205-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
954 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN BURKE AND WESTERN CATAWBA 
COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM...

LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN MAY AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE 
REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. HOWEVER...THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. 
THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

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