...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...ELBERT...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HART...RABUN AND STEPHENS. IN NORTH CAROLINA...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...CABARRUS... CATAWBA...CLEVELAND...DAVIE...EASTERN MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GREATER BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL...GREATER RUTHERFORD... GASTON...GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON... IREDELL...LINCOLN... MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON... MECKLENBURG... MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS... RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...ROWAN...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN... TRANSYLVANIA... UNION NC AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...ABBEVILLE... ANDERSON...CHEROKEE...CHESTER... GREATER GREENVILLE...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER PICKENS... GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...GREENWOOD... LAURENS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS...PICKENS MOUNTAINS...SPARTANBURG... UNION SC AND YORK. * THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IN GENERAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 4 OR MORE INCHES. * THE HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT WILL PUSH SOME OF THEM OUT OF THEIR BANKS. URBAN FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CHARLOTTE AND MECKLENBURG COUNTY. 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. && #ncwx
Posted on: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:08:06 +0000