WGUS72 KGSP 271241 FFSGSP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 841 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013 NCC035-271400- /O.CON.KGSP.FF.W.0069.000000T0000Z-130727T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CATAWBA NC- 841 AM EDT SAT JUL 27 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CATAWBA COUNTY UNTIL 1000 AM EDT... AT 833 AM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL CATAWBA COUNTY SINCE 5 AM...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES APPEARS LIKELY THROUGH 10 AM. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN CATAWBA COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR NEWTON AND CONOVER...AND THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE URBAN FLOODING IN NEWTON AND CONOVER...FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG NUMEROUS STREAMS... INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO POTT CREEK AND RHODES MILL CREEK. RAPID WATER RISES WILL CONTINUE TO BE OBSERVED ON THE SOUTH FORK OF THE CATAWBA RIVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE OVER FLOODED ROADS. 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 3573 8107 3556 8124 3556 8138 3557 8141 3579 8119 $$ LANE
Posted on: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 12:42:16 +0000
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