FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1258 PM EST TUE DEC 01 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...ALAMANCE...ANSON...DAVIDSON...FORSYTH...GUILFORD...
MONTGOMERY...RANDOLPH...RICHMOND AND STANLY.
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT
* A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM LIFTING NORTHEAST OVER THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD RAIN OVER THE AREA
THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OVER TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER THE WESTERN PIEDMONT...
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE.
* RAINFALL OVER TWO INCHES MAY PRODUCE RAPID FLOODING...
ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS... AND MAY CAUSE RAPID RISES
ON AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS. IN PARTICULAR... BUFFALO CREEK AND
ABBOTTS CREEK MAY RISE RAPIDLY LEADING TO FLOODING IN
SURROUNDING AREAS. HIGH WATER IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN URBAN AREAS...
AND IN THOSE AREAS THAT TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE FLOODING DURING
HEAVY RAIN. THE RISK OF FLOODING IS ENHANCED WITH THIS STORM
SYSTEM DUE TO THE RECENT RAINS AND RESULTING WET SOIL...AND DUE
TO FALLEN LEAVES WHICH COULD CLOG DRAINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS... AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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