Flash Flood Watch FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 416 AM EDT THU JUL 11 2013 ...NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING TODAY AND TONIGHT... .DEEP MOISTURE AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SOIL IS SATURATED IN MANY AREAS DUE TO THE RECENT WET PATTERN...AND ONLY AN INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD RESULT IN RAPID...POSSIBLY SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-049-050-053-056-057- 063>065-068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-111700- /O.NEW.KGSP.FF.A.0007.130711T1400Z-130712T0800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER- IREDELL-DAVIE-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-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-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE... RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY... ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER... GREENWOOD 416 AM EDT THU JUL 11 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...ELBERT...FRANKLIN... HABERSHAM...HART...RABUN AND STEPHENS. IN NORTH CAROLINA... ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...CABARRUS...CATAWBA...CLEVELAND...DAVIE...EASTERN MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GREATER BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL... GREATER RUTHERFORD...GASTON...HENDERSON...IREDELL...LINCOLN... MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MECKLENBURG...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS... RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...ROWAN...SOUTHERN JACKSON... TRANSYLVANIA...UNION NC AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...CHEROKEE...CHESTER... GREATER GREENVILLE...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER PICKENS... GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...GREENWOOD...LAURENS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS...PICKENS MOUNTAINS...SPARTANBURG...UNION SC AND YORK. * FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. AN UNUSUALLY MOIST AIR MASS WILL RESULT IN THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS BEING VERY EFFICIENT RAINFALL PRODUCERS. SOME OF THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN PERIODICALLY ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE PAST 10 DAYS...WATERWAYS ARE RUNNING MUCH HIGHER THAN NORMAL...AND SOILS ARE SATURATED IN MANY AREAS. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS...PARTICULARLY URBAN AREAS AND LOCATIONS THAT HAVE SEEN FLOODING IN RECENT DAYS. 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. && $$ LANE
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