HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 336 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 345 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM. SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AS TO
HOW MUCH RAIN WILL FALL...BUT AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM
ONE TO TWO INCHES BY THE TIME THE RAIN ENDS WEDNESDAY ACROSS MOST
OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA WEST OF ANDERSON AND CLEMSON...AND THE SOUTHERN
MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA COULD SEE TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN.
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER UPSLOPE AREAS. THIS
AMOUNT OF RAIN COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS BECAUSE STREAMS
REMAIN RELATIVELY HIGH FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PART OF THE AREA FOR TUESDAY NIGHT.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING. WHILE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE FAIRLY STABLE
ACROSS THE REGION...THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT AREAS SOUTH OF A
WARM FRONT COULD SEE SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
POSSIBLY A FEW...BRIEF TORNADOES. BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...THE
WARM FRONT MAY LIFT AS FAR NORTH AS A HARTWELL TO LAURENS TO ROCK
HILL LINE. THIS WILL CONFINE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TO AREAS
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85.
STRONG WIND GUSTS COMBINED WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS HIGHER
ELEVATIONS MAY RESULT IN TOPPLED TREES AND POWER LINES TUESDAY
NIGHT. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE FOOTHILLS
AND PIEDMONT ON WEDNESDAY...POSSIBLY TOPPLING MORE TREES. A WIND
ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PART OR ALL OF THE AREA FOR TUESDAY
NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
OVER THE WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH DETAILS REMAIN SKETCHY...THERE IS THE
POSSIBILITY OF A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ON SATURDAY DEPENDING
ON THE TRACK OF THE LOW AND THE DEGREE OF COLD AIR ACROSS THE
REGION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
NONE.
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