[WeatherBulletin] Special Weather Statement - Update

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Weather Bulletin
WGUS62 KGSP 241359
FFAGSP

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
859 AM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

..HEAVY RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT...

MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH
THE REGION TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH TONIGHT. TWO TO THREE
INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE
EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...AND THE ADJACENT
FOOTHILLS.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-
SCZ001>007-010>012-019-242200-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-100125T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-MADISON-
YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-
GREENWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...
RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...GREENWOOD
859 AM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

..FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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...AVERY...BURKE 
 MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...
 EASTERN POLK...GREATER BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL...GREATER 
 RUTHERFORD...GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL 
 MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...
 POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...
 SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
 ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...GREATER GREENVILLE...GREATER OCONEE...
 GREATER PICKENS...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...GREENWOOD...LAURENS...
 OCONEE MOUNTAINS...PICKENS MOUNTAINS AND SPARTANBURG.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
  EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF
  THE MOUNTAINS AND OVER THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. SCATTERED
  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON COULD
  PRODUCE A FEW TOTALS BETWEEN THREE AND A HALF AND FOUR INCHES BY
  THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION ENDS TONIGHT.

* FLASH FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY DEVELOP QUICKLY THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FLOODING OF LARGER MAIN STEM RIVERS IS
  ALSO POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING AS RUNOFF FROM THE
  HEAVY RAIN WORKS INTO THE RIVER SYSTEM.

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. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE
THROUGH ANY FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.

&&

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