FLOOD ADVISORY Warning Issue Date: 1146 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2009
ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
HART COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN HABERSHAM COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...
ANDERSON COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
LAURENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
ABBEVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
GREENWOOD COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
PICKENS COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
OCONEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 730 AM EST WEDNESDAY
* AT 1135 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO NORTHEAST
GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL RATES AROUND ONE
QUARTER INCH PER HOUR WILL AFFECT WIDESPREAD LOCATIONS THAT HAVE
ALREADY RECEIVED AROUND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN THE
PREVIOUS 18 HOURS.
DEEP PONDING OF WATER WILL LIKELY RESULT IN LOW LYING AREAS. STREAMS
AND CREEKS WILL BECOME ELEVATED AND SEVERAL COULD RISE TO NEAR
BANKFULL. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD BECOME A PROBLEM ACROSS THE ENTIRE
ADVISORY AREA WITH THE STREAMS IN GREENVILLE COUNTY HAVING THE
HIGHEST RISK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD
FLOODING DEVELOP. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER
BEGINS RISING.
A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
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 3397 8230 3405 8233 3407 8247 3396 8257
3398 8286 3417 8311 3426 8312 3425 8334
3451 8348 3479 8331 3501 8307 3521 8238
3517 8188 3490 8174 3460 8185 3451 8167
3428 8189 3420 8193 3414 8186 3395 8201
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KRENTZ FLASH FLOOD WATCH Warning Issue Date: 1043 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
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...HABERSHAM...HART...
RABUN AND STEPHENS. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...
BUNCOMBE...EASTERN POLK...GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...
MACON...MADISON...MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK
MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...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.
* THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
* MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF IDA WILL CONTINUE TO
OVERSPREAD THE REGION INTO WEDNESDAY...PRODUCING COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF
RAINFALL...ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS.
* ACROSS 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. 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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