FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 237 PM EST TUE DEC 01 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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