Widespread rain and showers associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida will continue to move north across the foothills and Piedmont of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia tonight. Rain will fall at the rate of one quarter to a third of an inch per hour under a band of heavy rain as it crosses the upstate and Carolina foothills late tonight. Streams and creeks will continue to rise and flood prone areas will see large ponds of water. The rain may be more intermittent east of Charlotte into portions of the predawn hours.
Forecast for Iredell
Updated: 9:49 PM EST on November 10, 2009
Flash Flood Watch in effect through Wednesday afternoon...
Tonight
Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Lows around 50. Northeast winds around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Veterans Day
Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Breezy with highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Wednesday Night
Rain likely. Breezy with lows in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Thursday
Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Breezy with highs in the mid 50s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
... Flash Flood Watch remains in effect through Wednesday afternoon...
The Flash Flood Watch continues for
* portions of North Carolina and upstate South Carolina... including the following areas... in North Carolina... Alexander... Burke mountains... Caldwell mountains... Cabarrus... Catawba... Cleveland... Davie... eastern McDowell... greater Burke... greater Caldwell... greater Rutherford... Gaston... Iredell... Lincoln... McDowell Mountains... Mecklenburg... Rutherford mountains... Rowan and Union NC. In upstate South Carolina... Cherokee... Chester and York.
* Through Wednesday afternoon
* moisture associated with the remnants of Ida will continue to overspread the region through Wednesday producing copious amounts of rainfall... on the order of 2 to 5 inches with locally higher amounts.
* The expected rainfall may cause flooding of creeks... streams... and rivers. Locations with poor drainage will flood... especially across urbanized areas. Also... gusty northeasterly winds may topple some shallow-rooted trees that will be loosened by the saturated soils. Fallen trees may cause isolated to scattered power outages.
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.
