SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 627 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013 ...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT... AT 625 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN CATAWBA COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH LINCOLN... SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND... AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING WESTERN GASTON COUNTY. VERY HEAVY RAIN... POSSIBLY GUSTY WIND... AND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY IN SOME LOCATIONS DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR... MAIDEN... LINCOLNTON... BOGER CITY... CROWDERS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK... DENVER... TERRELL... WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS CAN FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:59:20 +0000
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