NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATEMENT 923 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS-IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA-HABERSHAM, RABUN AND STEPHENS. * THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FROM WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW LOCATIONS ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MOUNTAINS COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS OF FIVE INCHES OR MORE. LOCALIZED ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR RATES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES AND EVENTUAL FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS. MAIN STEM RIVER FLOODING MAY ALSO DEVELOP THROUGH THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. 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. RAINFALL OF MORE THAN FIVE INCHES IN SIMILAR STORMS HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF LANDSLIDES AND ROCKSLIDES. IF YOU LIVE ON A MOUNTAINSIDE OR IN A COVE AT THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN-ESPECIALLY NEAR A STREAM, BE READY TO LEAVE IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM OR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SHOULD RISING WATER, MOVING EARTH OR ROCKS THREATEN. CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL ON MOUNTAIN ROADS DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL.
Posted on: Thu, 15 May 2014 02:23:56 +0000
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