FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 327 PM EST TUE DEC 01 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...ALAMANCE...ANSON...DAVIDSON...
FORSYTH...GUILFORD...MONTGOMERY...RANDOLPH...RICHMOND AND
STANLY.
* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
* A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF COAST WILL MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE INTERIOR SOUTHEAST STATES LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL SWEEP OVER THE
AREA BEGINNING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... AND WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY THURSDAY MORNING.
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER THE
WESTERN PIEDMONT... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE.
* RAINFALL OVER TWO INCHES MAY PRODUCE RAPID FLOODING...
ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS... AND MAY CAUSE RAPID RISES
ON AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS. IN PARTICULAR... BUFFALO CREEK AND
ABBOTTS CREEK MAY RISE RAPIDLY LEADING TO FLOODING IN
SURROUNDING AREAS. HIGH WATER IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN URBAN AREAS...
AND IN THOSE AREAS THAT TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE FLOODING DURING
HEAVY RAIN. THE RISK OF FLOODING IS ENHANCED WITH THIS STORM
SYSTEM DUE TO THE RECENT RAINS AND RESULTING WET SOIL... AND DUE
TO FALLEN LEAVES WHICH COULD CLOG DRAINS.
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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GIH/BLS/WSS
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