Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Greer, SC

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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1025 PM EST SUN FEB 7 2010

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN NORTH
CAROLINA...

  FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT BLANTYRE AFFECTING HENDERSON AND TRANSYLVANIA
  COUNTIES.

RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN HAS WORKED ITS WAY FURTHER
DOWNSTREAM THUS...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL SLOWLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVER BANKS...
KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM DRAINAGE AREAS AND CULVERTS.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVER FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED AND
FORECAST RAINFALL. IF ACTUAL RAINFALL VARIES FROM THE FORECAST
VALUES...THE RIVER STAGE WILL VARY ACCORDINGLY.

&&

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1025 PM EST SUN FEB 7 2010

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT BLANTYRE.
* AT  9:30 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 3:52 PM THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW THE ACTION STAGE
  OF 15 FEET IN THE PREDAWN HOURS OF MONDAY.
* IMPACT...AT 16.5 FEET...FARMFIELDS AND A LOCAL TREE FARM AND
  GREENHOUSE LOCATED NEAR THE RIVER WILL HAVE WATER IN THEM.

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