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 IN MANY PARTS OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. 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 THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT COULD SEE RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF TWO 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.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 17:27:16 +0000
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