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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
253 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2015
...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND ASSOCIATED FLOODING LIKELY TO AFFECT
THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...
.ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL SURGE NORTHWARD
OVERNIGHT TO REACH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE
TRANSITIONING INTO OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. FLASH FLOODING
MAY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LONGER
DURATION FLOODING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AND MAIN STEM RIVERS
LIKELY DEVELOPING AS THE EVENT UNFOLDS.
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RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-UNION-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-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
LAURENS-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN...
MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...BALDWIN...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE...
HOLLYWOOD...BOYDVILLE...TOCCOA...ROYSTON...WHITWORTH...LAVONIA...
FRANKLIN SPRINGS...CANON...HARTWELL...NUBERG...REED CREEK...
ELBERTON...FORTSONIA...MIDDLETON...RUCKERSVILLE...INGALLS...
BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...BETHLEHEM...ELLENDALE...MILLERSVILLE...
TAYLORSVILLE...HIDDENITE...STONY POINT...STATESVILLE...
MOORESVILLE...FARMINGTON...FORK CHURCH...MOCKSVILLE...ADVANCE...
FAUST...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...WALNUT...ALLENSTAND...
HOT SPRINGS...LUCK...SWISS...BURNSVILLE...CELO...MICAVILLE...
RAMSEYTOWN...BUSICK...MOUNT MITCHELL STATE PARK...SPRUCE PINE...
POPLAR...NEWFOUND GAP...ALARKA...ALMOND...BRYSON CITY...LUADA...
SMOKEMONT...WESSER...WAYNESVILLE...WATERVILLE...CANTON...CRUSO...
COVE CREEK...LAKE JUNALUSKA...DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...
NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY...ROBBINSVILLE...STECOAH...
CULLOWHEE...TUCKASEGEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...RAINBOW SPRINGS...
KYLE...NANTAHALA LAKE...HIGHLANDS...WOLF MOUNTAIN...CASHIERS...
BREVARD...CEDAR MOUNTAIN...LITTLE RIVER...HENDERSONVILLE...
FLETCHER...DANA...EAST FLAT ROCK...TUXEDO...ETOWAH...SHELBY...
KINGS MOUNTAIN...LINCOLNTON...CROUSE...GASTONIA...
CENTER CITY CHARLOTTE...EASTLAND MALL...SOUTHPARK MALL...
UNC CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...KANNAPOLIS...MONROE...TRINITY...
INDIAN TRAIL...WEDDINGTON...PATTERSON...KINGS CREEK...LENOIR...
SAWMILLS...GRANITE FALLS...JONAS RIDGE...MORGANTON...
PLEASANT GROVE...VALDESE...ASHFORD...SUGAR HILL...WOODLAWN...
OLD FORT...MARION...NEBO...DYSARTSVILLE...FERO...GLENWOOD...
LAKE LURE...FOREST CITY...RUTHERFORDTON...SPINDALE...SALUDA...
TRYON...COLUMBUS...LAKE ADGER...MILL SPRING...MOUNTAIN REST...
WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER...PUMPKINTOWN...TIGERVILLE...GOWENSVILLE...
CAESARS HEAD...CLEVELAND...MARIETTA...SENECA...OAKWAY...EASLEY...
DACUSVILLE...CLEMSON...DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE...TAYLORS...GREER...
MAULDIN...FORK SHOALS...SIMPSONVILLE...BEREA...SPARTANBURG...
GAFFNEY...CATAWBA...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...
CALHOUN FALLS...LAURENS...CLINTON...UNION...MONARCH MILLS...
BLACKSTOCK...CHESTER...CORNWELL...GREAT FALLS...WARE SHOALS...
NINETY SIX
253 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTH
CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...ELBERT...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...
HART...RABUN AND STEPHENS. IN NORTH CAROLINA...ALEXANDER...
AVERY...BUNCOMBE...BURKE MOUNTAINS...CABARRUS...CALDWELL
MOUNTAINS...CATAWBA...CLEVELAND...DAVIE...EASTERN MCDOWELL...
EASTERN POLK...GASTON...GRAHAM...GREATER BURKE...GREATER
CALDWELL...GREATER RUTHERFORD...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...
IREDELL...LINCOLN...MACON...MADISON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...
MECKLENBURG...MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...
ROWAN...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...
TRANSYLVANIA...UNION AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...CHEROKEE...CHESTER...GREATER
GREENVILLE...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER PICKENS...GREENVILLE
MOUNTAINS...GREENWOOD...LAURENS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS...PICKENS
MOUNTAINS...SPARTANBURG...UNION AND YORK.
* FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
* ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL SURGE NORTHWARD
ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND PERSIST OVER THE AREA THROUGH
THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES SLOWLY FROM THE WEST. MUCH
OF THE REGION HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCED HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE PAST
24 HOURS...AND SOIL CONDITIONS ARE VERY WET AHEAD OF THIS
APPROACHING EVENT. RAINFALL TOTALS COULD REACH 4 TO 6 INCHES IN
THE EXTREME SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH 2 TO
4 INCH TOTALS AFFECTING MANY OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE REGION.
* FLASH FLOODING COULD DEVELOP QUICKLY OVERNIGHT AS THE HEAVY RAIN
SHOWERS MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH...ESPECIALLY IN ALREADY SATURATED
PIEDMONT LOCATIONS...THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA...AND THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS. LONGER DURATION STREAM...CREEK...AND MAIN STEM
RIVER FLOODING MAY THEN DEVELOP WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY LIKELY TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRENCH BROAD
RIVER...THE BROAD RIVER...THE SALUDA RIVER...AND THE NORTH FORK
OF THE CATAWBA RIVER THROUGH THURSDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING AND AREAL 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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GERAPETRITIS