THE FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED FOR
  THE SALUDA RIVER AT CHAPPELLS.
* UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 11 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  CREST AROUND  15.2  FEET THIS EVENING.  THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW
  FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY.
* AT 16.0 FEET...EXTENSIVE FARMLAND AND RIVER BOTTOMLAND AROUND AND
  DOWNSTREAM FROM CHAPPELLS BECOME FLOODED.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 15.3 FEET
  ON DEC 30 1926.
$$

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
 UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
 NORTHEAST GEORGIA...ELBERT...FRANKLIN...HART AND STEPHENS. IN
 WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BUNCOMBE...EASTERN POLK...
 HENDERSON...MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...TRANSYLVANIA
 AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...
 GREATER GREENVILLE...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER PICKENS...
 GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...GREENWOOD...LAURENS...OCONEE
 MOUNTAINS...PICKENS MOUNTAINS...SPARTANBURG AND UNION SC.
* UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING
* A LARGE BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY REMAIN ACROSS
  THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ADJACENT
  FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
  1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY...RESULTING IN STORM TOTAL
  ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE
  INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR WILL SEE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS
  THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY RANGE FROM A
  HALF INCH NEAR THE SAVANNAH RIVER TO A INCH OR MORE ACROSS THE
  MOUNTAINS.
* FLOODING IS ALREADY IN PROGRESS ACROSS PORTIONS WESTERN
  CAROLINAS. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL EXACERBATE EXISTING
  FLOODING...AND MAY LEAD TO NEW FLOODING PROBLEMS. ALTHOUGH THE
  MAIN EFFECTS WILL BE ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND URBANIZED
  AREAS...MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TODAY ACROSS
  UPPER PORTIONS OF THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER IN NORTH CAROLINA. IN
  MOUNTAINOUS OR HILLY TERRAIN...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES OR
  MORE OVER A LARGE AREA LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
  LANDSLIDE THREAT ON AN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED BASIS.
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.
$$

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH...
WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND MUCH OF THE
FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE
GUSTY WINDS...COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOIL FROM THE ONGOING
RAINFALL...WILL LIKELY CAUSE A NUMBER OF TREES TO BECOME UPROOTED
ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED BECAUSE GUSTY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO CAUSE QUITE A FEW TREES TO FALL DUE TO SATURATED
SOIL. THIS MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.
$$