THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 1130 PM EDT * AT 724 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS POLK AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED BACK OVER SOUTH CAROLINA AND WERE HEADED TOWARD THIS SAME AREA. RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...BOSTIC...CHIMNEY ROCK...CLIFFSIDE... ELLENBORO...FOREST CITY...LAKE ADGER...LAKE LURE...SPINDALE...AND TRYON. THE WORST FLOODING MAY OCCUR FROM MILL SPRING TO NEAR THERMAL CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. && LAT...LON 3558 8169 3535 8170 3518 8177 3519 8236 3528 8235 3539 8226 3544 8228 3548 8223 3552 8223 3554 8203 3555 8201 3552 8197 3554 8185 3558 8182 3561 8175 -SWC-
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 23:26:54 +0000