FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 254 PM EST TUE DEC 01 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH 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.
* FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
* MOISTURE WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT AHEAD OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
FORMING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES NORTH INTO
ALABAMA TONIGHT...RAIN WILL MOVE IN TO OUR AREA FROM THE SOUTH.
THE RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY DURING THE MORNING WEDNESDAY AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL TAPER OFF
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* RAINFALL FROM 2 TO 4 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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