FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 347 AM EST TUE DEC 01 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...ELBERT...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HART...RABUN AND
STEPHENS. IN NORTH CAROLINA...ALEXANDER...BURKE MOUNTAINS...
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...CABARRUS...CATAWBA...CLEVELAND...DAVIE...
EASTERN MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GREATER BURKE...GREATER
CALDWELL...GREATER RUTHERFORD...GASTON...HENDERSON...IREDELL...
LINCOLN...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON...MECKLENBURG...POLK
MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...ROWAN...SOUTHERN JACKSON...
TRANSYLVANIA AND UNION NC. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...CHEROKEE...CHESTER...GREATER
GREENVILLE...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER PICKENS...GREENVILLE
MOUNTAINS...GREENWOOD...LAURENS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS...PICKENS
MOUNTAINS...SPARTANBURG...UNION SC AND YORK.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING
* RAIN WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVING NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY
DURING THE MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE
HEAVY RAIN WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING.
* RAINFALL FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY FROM ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE
SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 85 IN GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. THE EXPECTED
RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND
LOCATIONS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...INCLUDING URBANIZED AREAS.
FLOODING ALONG THE UPPER FRENCH BROAD RIVER IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
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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