FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 515 PM EST WED DEC 02 2009
ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 915 PM EST
* AT 512 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
LARGE BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AFFECTING AREAS ALREADY
EXPERIENCING FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RUNOFF IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS AND FLOODING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AND NEW AREAS
COULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER
SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL
FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3422 8272 3467 8279 3481 8249 3492 8250
3519 8222 3519 8210 3475 8200 3470 8205
3478 8214 3453 8224
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KRENTZ
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 237 PM EST WED DEC 02 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...
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.
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT
* WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING
NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE RAIN WILL TAPER OFF THIS
EVENING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST.
* AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY FROM ALONG THE
BLUE RIDGE SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS
AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS COULD OCCUR IN ANY
PART OF THE WATCH AREA. THIS RAIN WILL EXACERBATE LOCATIONS
WHERE FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING...AND COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL
FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOCATIONS WITH POOR
DRAINAGE...INCLUDING URBANIZED AREAS AND THE CHARLOTTE METRO
AREA.
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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