*** !FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT! **** FOR BURKE, CALDWELL, MCDOWELL, YANCEY, MITCHELL, EASTERN, BUNCOMBE AND AVERY COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM EDT... AT 1019 PM EDT.NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS WHICH WERE MAINLY OVER THE FOOTHILLS. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE: BURNSVILLE, LENOIR, MARION, MORGANTON, NEWLAND, SPRUCE, PINE, BAKERSVILLE, COLLETTSVILLE, GRANITE FALLS, JONAS, RIDGE, LINVILLE, OLD FORT, AND PATTERSON. FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ALONG POWERHOUSE ROAD IN THE CHESTERFIELD AREA AND PAX HILL ROAD IN THE JOHNS RIVER AREA. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG JOHNS RIVER ROAD IN COLLETTSVILLE, WILSONS CREEK, AND THE UPTON AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. WITH THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN THE RISK OF LANDSLIDES WILL INCREASE ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE SLIDES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST. BE ESPECIALLY ALERT IF YOU ARE NEAR A STREAM ESPECIALLY AT THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN OR IN A COVE. WATCH FOR LOOSE MOVING SOIL AND ROCKS OR A SUDDEN INCREASE IN STREAMFLOW. LEAVE THE AREA QUICKLY IF THIS IS OBSERVED. WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP OR ROCKY WATCH AND LISTEN FOR FALLING ROCKS, MUD, TREES, AND DEBRIS. 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 HASH-TAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 02:41:07 +0000
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