THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTHERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... WEST CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 300 PM EDT * AT 946 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN CATAWBA COUNTY...SOUTHERN ALEXANDER COUNTY...AND WEST CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY. THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES AN HOUR. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED...HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO PASS OVER THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... TAYLORSVILLE...BETHLEHEM...ELLENDALE...ST. STEPHENS AND STONY POINT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN. 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 3592 8088 3572 8097 3576 8136 3578 8135 3580 8133 3586 8134 3589 8133 3590 8134 3595 8133 Click the link to view all of our weather maps. wbtv/category/202015/radar-center
Posted on: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 13:53:38 +0000
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