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WGUS62 KGSP 011948
FFAGSP
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
348 PM EDT THU OCT 1 2015
...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS
WEEKEND WITH POTENTIALLY HISTORIC AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH
FLOODING POSSIBLE...
.A SLOW MOVING UPPER LOW WILL INTERACT WITH MOISTURE FROM TROPICAL
CYCLONE JOAQUIN TO PRODUCE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN ACROSS THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ON FRIDAY AND WILL CONTINUE PERIODICALLY THROUGH SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AS TO THE
AMOUNT...THERE IS GROWING CONFIDENCE THAT A WIDESPREAD FIVE TO TEN
INCH RAINFALL WILL OCCUR...WITH A BAND OF TEN TO FIFTEEN INCHES
POSSIBLE SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THIS AMOUNT OF
RAINFALL COULD BE HISTORIC AND COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT...LIFE
THREATENING...FLASH FLOODING.
GAZ010-017-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-SCZ001>003-
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RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN...
MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...BALDWIN...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE...
BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK...CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...
MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...
BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA...ASHEVILLE...
ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS...
CASHIERS...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...
ETOWAH...EDGEMONT...LENOIR...JONAS RIDGE...MORGANTON...OLD FORT...
MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORDTON...FOREST CITY...SALUDA...
COLUMBUS...WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER...NINE TIMES...PUMPKINTOWN...
ROCKY BOTTOM...CAESARS HEAD...CLEVELAND...GOWENSVILLE...
MARIETTA...TIGERVILLE
348 PM EDT THU OCT 1 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...HABERSHAM AND RABUN. IN
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BUNCOMBE...BURKE
MOUNTAINS...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...EASTERN
POLK...GRAHAM...GREATER BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL...GREATER
RUTHERFORD...HAYWOOD... HENDERSON...MACON...MADISON...MCDOWELL
MOUNTAINS...MITCHELL... NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK
MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS... SOUTHERN
JACKSON...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH
CAROLINA...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS AND PICKENS
MOUNTAINS.
* FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
* HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON FRIDAY AND WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH
THE WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LOW MOVES SLOWLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST
STATES AND JOAQUIN MOVES NORTH PAST THE CAROLINA COAST.
* SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AS TO WHAT DEGREE THE UPPER LOW AND
JOAQUIN WILL INTERACT...WHICH WILL HAVE A LARGE IMPACT ON THE
AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT FALLS ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE
IS INCREASING THAT SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS THE
WATCH AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND...PERHAPS IN THE FIVE TO TEN INCH
RANGE. AMOUNTS COULD BE EVEN HIGHER NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE
EASTERN SLOPES OF THE BALSAMS AND BLACK MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG
SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS...WITH SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN IN
RECENT DAYS. HEAVY RUNOFF ON ALREADY SATURATED MOUNTAIN TERRAIN
CAN TRIGGER LANDSLIDES. MEANWHILE...THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF
HEAVY RAIN...COMBINED WITH STREAM FLOWS THAT ARE ALREADY ABOVE
NORMAL ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA...COULD RESULT IN FLOODING
ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS
UP TO 35 MPH COMBINED WITH HEAVY RAIN MAY KNOCK DOWN TREES
WEAKENED BY SATURATED SOIL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PEOPLE
LIVING NEAR STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY OVER
THE NEXT ONE TO THREE DAYS. NOW IS THE TIME TO DECIDE WHAT YOU
WILL DO IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
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 ALONG
MOUNTAIN ROADS DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
&&
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GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ004>014-019-
020400-
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STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOCCOA...ROYSTON...LAVONIA...
FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON...HARTWELL...REED CREEK...ELBERTON...
BETHLEHEM...TAYLORSVILLE...STONY POINT...STATESVILLE...
MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...
SALISBURY...SHELBY...KINGS MOUNTAIN...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...
CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...MONROE...INDIAN TRAIL...
WEDDINGTON...TRINITY...SENECA...EASLEY...CLEMSON...GREENVILLE...
TAYLORS...GREER...MAULDIN...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA...SPARTANBURG...
GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...CALHOUN FALLS...
LAURENS...CLINTON...UNION...CHESTER...GREAT FALLS...GREENWOOD
348 PM EDT THU OCT 1 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...ELBERT...FRANKLIN...HART AND STEPHENS. IN NORTH
CAROLINA...ALEXANDER...CABARRUS...CATAWBA...CLEVELAND...
DAVIE...GASTON...IREDELL...LINCOLN...MECKLENBURG...ROWAN AND
UNION. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...
CHEROKEE...CHESTER...GREATER GREENVILLE...GREATER OCONEE...
GREATER PICKENS...GREENWOOD...LAURENS...SPARTANBURG...UNION
AND YORK.
* FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
* HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LOW MOVES SLOWLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES
AND JOAQUIN MOVES NORTH PAST THE CAROLINA COAST.
* SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AS TO WHAT DEGREE THE UPPER LOW AND
JOAQUIN WILL INTERACT...WHICH WILL HAVE A LARGE IMPACT ON THE
AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT FALLS ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE
IS INCREASING THAT SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS THE
WATCH AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND...PERHAPS IN THE FIVE TO TEN INCH
RANGE. A CORRIDOR OF TEN TO FIFTEEN INCHES OF RAINFALL IS
POSSIBLE. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
FLASH FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS...WITH SIGNIFICANT FLASH
FLOODING POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN
IN RECENT DAYS. SOME OF THE FLASH FLOODING COULD BE HISTORIC AND
LIFE THREATENING...IF THE AMOUNT OF RAIN FORECAST ACTUALLY
FALLS. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 30 MPH RANGE COULD KNOCK
DOWN TREES WEAKENED BY SATURATED SOIL...RESULTING IN POWER
OUTAGES. MEANWHILE...THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN...
COMBINED WITH STREAM FLOWS THAT ARE ALREADY ABOVE NORMAL
ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA... COULD RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG
MAIN STEM RIVERS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. PEOPLE LIVING NEAR STREAMS
SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 DAYS.
NOW IS THE TIME TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WILL DO IF THREATENED BY
FLOOD WATER.
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.
&&
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