[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.


NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-013-014-242200-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.A.0001.100124T1700Z-100125T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...
CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...UNION...CHESTER
859 AM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

..FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST TODAY
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
 INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA...
 ALEXANDER...CABARRUS...CATAWBA...CLEVELAND...DAVIE...GASTON...
 IREDELL...LINCOLN...MECKLENBURG...ROWAN AND UNION NC. IN 
 UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...CHEROKEE...CHESTER...UNION SC AND 
 YORK.

* FROM NOON EST TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* BETWEEN TWO AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED
  ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
  TONIGHT. LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF
  MONDAY...A LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
  MAY SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION AS WELL...LIKELY RESULTING IN A
  PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES. ANY AREAS EXPERIENCING
  THUNDERSTORMS COULD EASILY SEE THREE INCH RAINFALL TOTALS.

* FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FLOODING OF LARGER MAIN STEM RIVERS IS
  ALSO POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING AS RUNOFF FROM THE
  HEAVY RAINFALL 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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