FLOOD WARNING Warning Issue Date: 1103 AM EST TUE NOV 10 2009
WESTERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 200 PM EST
* AT 1059 AM EST RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO
KEEP RIVERS AND SMALL STREAMS HIGH. THE REEDY RIVER AND MIDDLE TYGER
RIVERS ARE STILL CAUSING ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THESE RIVERS
TO FLOOD.
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 3466 8225 3499 8247 3517 8249 3518 8201
3478 8198 3473 8208 3475 8209 3475 8211
3478 8214 3473 8215 3469 8218
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PAT FLASH FLOOD WATCH Warning Issue Date: 1127 AM EST TUE NOV 10 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...ELBERT...FRANKLIN...HART AND STEPHENS. IN
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BUNCOMBE...EASTERN POLK...
HENDERSON...MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...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.
* UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING
* A LARGE BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY REMAIN ACROSS
THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ADJACENT
FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY...RESULTING IN STORM TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE
INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR WILL SEE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS
THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY RANGE FROM A
HALF INCH NEAR THE SAVANNAH RIVER TO A INCH OR MORE ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS.
* FLOODING IS ALREADY IN PROGRESS ACROSS PORTIONS WESTERN
CAROLINAS. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL EXACERBATE EXISTING
FLOODING...AND MAY LEAD TO NEW FLOODING PROBLEMS. 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 NORTH CAROLINA. 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.
$$ LAKE WIND ADVISORY Warning Issue Date: 327 AM EST WED NOV 11 2009
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
EST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING
TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL
AS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TODAY.
WITH THE SOIL SATURATED DUE TO THE ONGOING RAINFALL...A FEW TREES
COULD UPROOT ACROSS THIS AREA. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED.
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