[WeatherBulletin] Special Weather Statement - Update

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Weather Bulletin
WGUS62 KGSP 242109
FFAGSP

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
409 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

..HEAVY RAIN TO PRODUCE FLOODING 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 FOUR INCH
RAINFALL TOTALS 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-SCZ008-009-013-014-250500-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-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
409 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

..FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT 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.

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS
  THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALLY HIGHER
  RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS AND
  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVES THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING
  INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY.

* FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY THIS
  EVENING. FLOODING OF LARGER MAIN STEM RIVERS IS ALSO POSSIBLE
  TONIGHT INTO MONDAY 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.

&&

$$

GERAPETRITIS



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