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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
918 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2026
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LAURENS SC-
918 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT WEDNESDAY
FOR CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY...
AT 918 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE TRAINING
THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL
LAURENS COUNTY HAVE DISSIPATED. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT
EXPECTED TONIGHT. HOWEVER, STORM-TOTAL RAINFALL OF 2-5" HAS OCCURRED
ALONG AN AXIS FROM THE GREENWOOD COUNTY LINE TO WATERLOO, LAURENS,
ORA, AND CLINTON, RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA STREAMS,
INCLUDING CANE CREEK NEAR WATERLOO, BURNT MILL CREEK SOUTH OF
LAURENS, LITTLE RIVER FROM LAURENS TO MOUNTVILLE, NORTH CREEK,
DUNCAN CREEK FROM ORA TO CLINTON, AND BEARDS FORK CREEK NEAR CLINTON.
AREAS OF MINOR FLOODING HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS THIS AREA, WITH
NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES BEING REPORTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND BY LAURENS
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. SPECIFIC ROADWAY FLOODING HAS BEEN
OBSERVED ON EAST MAIN STREET IN LAURENS AND FLEMING MILL RD NEAR ORA
WITH AT LEAST SIX ADDITIONAL ROADS FLOODED IN LAURENS, THREE ROADS
FLOODED IN CLINTON, AND ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSURES NEAR WATERLOO.
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL MAY REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ANOTHER 2-3
HOURS TO ALLOW AREA STREAMS TO CREST AND RECEDE BACK BELOW CRITICAL
LEVELS AND ALLOW FLOODWATERS TO RECEDE ACROSS IMPACTED ROADWAYS.
PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS, AVOID FLOODED ROADWAYS, AND OBEY ALL
BARRICADES UNTIL THEY ARE REMOVED.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS. NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES
ARE LIKELY. CULVERT WASHOUTS ARE POSSIBLE. SOME FLOOD
WATERS MAY THREATEN OUTBUILDINGS OR SIMILAR STRUCTURES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE... LAURENS, CLINTON, CROSS HILL, WATERLOO, MOUNTVILLE, AND
ORA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3463 8193 3460 8191 3460 8189 3459 8189
3460 8188 3458 8186 3459 8186 3459 8185
3450 8181 3445 8187 3443 8192 3426 8202
3429 8207 3430 8208 3431 8211 3443 8209
3457 8202 3464 8195
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
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