A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR
NORTHERN GREENVILLE AND NORTHWESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTIES...
AT 411 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE MODERATE RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN GREENVILLE AND
SPARTANBURG COUNTIES. LOCAL STREAM GAUGES INDICATE THE REEDY RIVER
AT GREENVILLE IS WITHIN 0.7 FEET OF FLOOD STAGE AND A CONTINUED SLOW
RISE IS EXPECTED FROM RUNOFF ASSOCIATED WITH UPSTREAM CREEKS AND
STREAMS. THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR THE REEDY RIVER TO REACH FLOOD
STAGE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A STREAM GAUGE LOCATED ON THE
MIDDLE TYGER RIVER HAS SHOWN STEEP RISES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS
AND IT IS NOW WITHIN 1.5 FEET OF FLOOD STAGE...WHICH IS 9.5 FEET.
ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND FLOODING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY
ACROSS SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...AS WELL AS NATURAL LOW LYING AREAS
AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3514 8256 3518 8246 3517 8244 3520 8241
      3521 8238 3518 8236 3519 8235 3519 8231
      3520 8224 3518 8200 3480 8208 3478 8246
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KRENTZ

  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

...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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...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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