UNION COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  GASTON COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  DAVIE COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  ROWAN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
  YORK COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  CHESTER COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 945 AM EST
* AT 340 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA
OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE EASTERN UPSTATE
OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THEN OVER THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE LAST 18 HOURS HAVE GENERALLY RANGED BETWEEN
1.5 AND 2.0 INCHES. THE INCOMING RAINFALL RATES WILL BE AROUND 1/4
TO 1/2 INCH PER HOUR AND A SLOW EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF THE
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...LEADING TO
POSSIBLE SMALL STREAM AND CREEK FLOODING.
LOW LYING AREAS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS WILL BE MOST AT RISK FOR
DEEP PONDING OF WATER. ALSO...WITH MANY LEAVES FALLEN FROM THE
TREES...AREAS NOT NORMALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH WATER RISES COULD
EXPERIENCE FLOODING DUE TO BLOCKED DRAINAGE FROM THE ABUNDANT
LEAVES. AREAS AROUND THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA ARE KNOWN TO HAVE
QUICK RISES IN STREAM AND CREEK LEVELS WITH GENERALLY 2 INCHES OF
RAIN NEEDED IN A RELATIVELY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. THIS AREA SHOULD
BE WATCHED FOR POSSIBLY QUICK FLOOD DEVELOPMENT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...
STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW
LYING SPOTS.
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.
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 3519 8049 3519 8027 3482 8032 3481 8079
      3505 8089 3453 8088 3456 8141 3444 8154
      3458 8182 3460 8185 3491 8171 3518 8187
      3519 8132 3556 8151 3579 8133 3599 8133
      3605 8046 3594 8035 3575 8045 3553 8018
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KRENTZ

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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 THURSDAY MORNING
* MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM IDA WILL
  CAUSE RAIN TO PERSIST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH TONIGHT.
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH
  TONIGHT...RESULTING IN STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5
  INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES
  LIKELY.
* THE EXPECTED RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALLER CREEKS AND
  STREAMS...ALTHOUGH MINOR FLOODING ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS CANNOT
  BE RULED OUT. IN ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING
  MAY DEVELOP IN URBAN LOCATIONS...INCLUDING 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.
$$
LANE

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM EST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 AM EST THURSDAY.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40
MPH...ARE EXPECTED 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.
$$