...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
 INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA...
 ALEXANDER...BURKE MOUNTAINS...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...CABARRUS...
 CATAWBA...CLEVELAND...DAVIE...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER
 BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL...GREATER RUTHERFORD...GASTON...
 IREDELL...LINCOLN...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MECKLENBURG...
 RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...ROWAN AND UNION NC. IN UPSTATE SOUTH
 CAROLINA...CHEROKEE...CHESTER AND YORK.
* THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF IDA WILL CONTINUE TO
  OVERSPREAD THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY PRODUCING COPIOUS AMOUNTS
  OF RAINFALL...ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS.
* THE EXPECTED RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...
  AND RIVERS. LOCATIONS WITH POOR DRAINAGE WILL FLOOD...
  ESPECIALLY ACROSS URBANIZED AREAS. ALSO...GUSTY NORTHEASTERLY
  WINDS MAY TOPPLE SOME SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES THAT WILL BE LOOSENED
  BY THE SATURATED SOILS. FALLEN TREES MAY CAUSE ISOLATED TO
  SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.
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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