[WeatherBulletin] Special Weather Statement - Extension

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Weather Bulletin
WGUS42 KGSP 250648
FLWGSP

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
148 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010

..FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA...

SOUTH FORK CATAWBA RIVER IN NC AT LOWELL AFFECTING GASTON COUNTY

RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE THE RIVER TO RISE INTO
MODERATE FLOOD STAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. REMEMBER...
NIGHTIME MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE FLOODED AREAS.

THE LATEST STAGES AND FORECASTS FOR RIVERS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEB
PAGE AT HTTP://NEWWEB.ERH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=GSP

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/LOWN7.2.ER.100125T0737Z.100126T0000Z.100127T0712Z.NO/
148 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010

..FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE SOUTH FORK CATAWBA RIVER IN NC AT 
LOWELL.

* UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 130 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.6 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT 
  AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 13.8 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER 
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 14.0 FEET THE BASEMENT OF PHARR YARNS WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD.

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