...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... 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...HABERSHAM...HART... RABUN AND STEPHENS. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...EASTERN POLK... HENDERSON...MACON...POLK MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON AND TRANSYLVANIA. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...ABBEVILLE... ANDERSON...GREATER GREENVILLE...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER PICKENS...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...GREENWOOD...LAURENS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS...PICKENS MOUNTAINS AND SPARTANBURG. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AT LEAST THE EVENING HOURS. MANY STREAMS...RIVERS...AND LAKES ARE ALREADY AT ELEVATED OR NEAR BANKFULL LEVELS. THIS SITUATION HAS CREATED A HEIGHTENED FLASH FLOOD THREAT ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. * ANY LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING COULD SEE RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WOULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO DEVELOP QUICKLY. THE THREAT WILL EXTEND TO SMALL STREAMS...LOCATIONS DOWNSTREAM OF EARTHEN DAMS...AS WELL AS MAIN STEM RIVERS AND NEARBY TRIBUTARIES. DEEP PONDING OF WATER COULD ALSO DEVELOP QUICKLY IN LOW LYING AREAS AND POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH ANY FLOODED ROADWAYS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF YOUR LOCATION IS THREATENED BY RISING WATER. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && MC
Posted on: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 18:50:34 +0000
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