NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1147 AM EST
* AT 747 AM EST RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS GREENVILLE AND
SPARTANBURG COUNTIES. THE COMBINATION OF RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS RAIN
AND ADDITIONAL RAIN MOVING OUT OF GEORGIA TOWARDS THE AREA WILL
CONTINUE TO KEEP LOCAL STREAMS SUCH AS THE MIDDLE TYGER RIVER AND
SOUTH PACOLET RIVER OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
THIS FLOOD WARNING WILL REPLACE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM THIS MORNING.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER THAT MOST FLOOD FATALITIES ARE THE RESULT OF DRIVING INTO
FLOODED STREETS...ROADS...OR STREAMS...OR OCCUR WHEN CHILDREN PLAY IN
OR NEAR STORM DRAINS OR STREAMS.
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 3514 8253 3517 8201 3480 8208 3479 8246
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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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 THIS AFTERNOON
* MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM IDA WILL
  CAUSE RAIN TO PERSIST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE MORNING
  HOURS...BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON.
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY
  TODAY...RESULTING IN STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5
  INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES
  POSSIBLE.
* FLOODING IS ALREADY IN PROGRESS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTH
  CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL EXACERBATE
  EXISTING FLOODING...AND CAUSE NEW FLOODING PROBLEMS TO DEVELOP.
  ALTHOUGH THE MAIN EFFECTS WILL BE ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND
  URBANIZED AREAS...MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER
  TODAY ACROSS UPPER PORTIONS OF THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER. IN 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.
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 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.
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