FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1043 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
WESTERN UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 230 PM EST
* AT 1034 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING
RAINFALL RATES AVERAGING AROUND ONE HALF IN PER HOUR. THESE RAINFALL
RATES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AND A
LARGE PORTION OF THE ADVISORY AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED ONE AND A
HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PREVIOUS 6 HOURS. WITH MANY STREAM
GAUGES SHOWING QUICK RISES AND ELEVATED LEVELS DURING THE LAST 2
HOURS...SOME STREAMS MAY REACH BANKFULL RATHER QUICKLY BEFORE NOON.
THE WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE MONITORING THIS DEVELOPING
SITUATION FOR A POSSIBLE UPGRADE TO FLOOD WARNING PRODUCTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
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 3482 8055 3481 8056 3481 8079 3494 8079
3505 8089 3497 8089 3495 8086 3482 8088
3471 8086 3465 8089 3453 8087 3455 8146
3501 8150 3570 8107 3573 8049 3539 8054
3518 8048
$$
KRENTZ
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1116 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 215 PM EST
* AT 1108 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CHARLOTTE
METRO REGION WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE
AREA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. IN THE PAST HOUR...THE STREAM
GAUGE AT MCMULLEN CREEK HAS REPORTED A SHARP RISE WITH CURRENT
LEVELS NOW AT 1 FOOT BELOW FLOOD STAGE. OTHER GAUGES ACROSS SOUTHERN
MECKLENBURG COUNTY ARE ALSO SHOWING RAPID RISES AND STREAM FLOODING
CONDITIONS ARE PROBABLE SOUTH OF THE CITY CENTER WITHIN THE NEXT FEW
HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER
SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL
FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3521 8054 3501 8083 3501 8086 3510 8093
3504 8104 3506 8106 3511 8103 3515 8105
3518 8100 3529 8101 3534 8097 3535 8092
3537 8098 3540 8095 3551 8095 3550 8078
3540 8076 3533 8069 3527 8066
$$
KRENTZ
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1008 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH
CAROLINA...ALEXANDER...CABARRUS...CATAWBA...DAVIE...GASTON...
IREDELL...LINCOLN...MECKLENBURG...ROWAN AND UNION NC. IN
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...CHESTER AND YORK.
* UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
* ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN THIS MORNING FROM AROUND
CHARLOTTE SOUTHWARD INTO THE EASTERN UPSTATE...AND AN ADDITIONAL
INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON.
* STREAM AND CREEKS...AND EVENTUALLY MAIN STEM RIVER LEVELS...WILL
CONTINUE TO RISE INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH SOME EXCEEDING BANK
FULL STAGE. EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
QUICKLY FLOOD POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND CAUSE RAPID RISES ON
SMALLER CREEKS.
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.
$$
CSH
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