THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BROAD RIVER IN SC NEAR BLACKSBURG.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT TO THURSDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
  CANCELLED.
* AT 8:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.2 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY MIDNIGHT AND
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 16.4 FEET BY 1 AM TOMORROW MORNING. THE
  RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE MORNING.
* AT 16.0 FEET...RIVER ROAD NEAR GAFFNEY WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD.
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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY...
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.
* UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY
* AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...WITH A FEW EMBEDDED HEAVIER
 SHOWERS...WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT OVER THE FOOTHILLS
 AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE
 EASTERN PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ANOTHER ONE HALF TO ONE
 INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THIS
 WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE 3 TO 5 INCH
 RANGE.
* THE EXPECTED ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALLER
 CREEKS AND STREAMS. SOME STREAMS MAY ALSO LEAVE THEIR BANKS AS
 A RESULT OF RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN. A FLOOD WARNING
 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BROAD RIVER AT BLACKSBURG AND
 BOILING SPRINGS.
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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...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 THROUGH 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 RECENT HEAVY
RAIN...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.
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