FLASH FLOOD WATCH Warning Issue Date: 243 PM EST MON NOV 09 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...
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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONE IDA WILL CONTINUE TO
OVERSPREAD THE REGION INTO WEDNESDAY PRODUCING COPIOUS AMOUNTS
OF RAINFALL...ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS.
* THE EXPECTED RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
RIVERS. ALSO...LOCATIONS WITH POOR DRAINAGE WILL FLOOD...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS URBANIZED AREAS.
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.
$$
CSH