[WeatherBulletin] Flood Watch - Expansion

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Weather Bulletin
WGUS62 KGSP 051525
FFAGSP

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1025 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

..HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT...

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ROWAN-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALISBURY...LINCOLNTON
1025 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS
EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...
 INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...LINCOLN AND ROWAN.

* UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING

* A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD FROM
  ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
  TODAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
  WESTERN CAROLINAS TODAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE TONIGHT.
  STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
  ACROSS THE PIEDMONT BY THE TIME THE RAIN ENDS TONIGHT.

* WITH THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL...FLOODING OF SMALLER CREEKS AND
  STREAMS IS EXPECTED. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING
  DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE. MINOR FLOODING OF MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL
  ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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