THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... EASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 528 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN...WITH RATES AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FROM DREXEL UP TO LENOIR. SPOTTER REPORTS OF WIDESPREAD STANDING WATER ON HIGHWAY 70 AND ON BRANDON ROAD AS WELL. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LENOIR...CONNELLY SPRINGS...GAMEWELL...GRANITE FALLS...HUDSON... KINGS CREEK...LAKE RHODHISS...PATTERSON...RUTHERFORD COLLEGE AND VALDESE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS... OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. && LAT...LON 3598 8137 3584 8139 3573 8149 3572 8162 3585 8165 3592 8164 3597 8159 3607 8151 Click the link to view all of our weather maps. wbtv/category/202015/radar-center
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