...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.
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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
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 THURSDAY MORNING
* A LARGE BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY REMAIN ACROSS
  THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND THE
  ADJACENT FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  OF 1 TO 2 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...MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TODAY
  ACROSS UPPER PORTIONS OF THE BROAD RIVER. 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.
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