Widespread rain and heavy 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 this morning. Rain will fall at the rate of one quarter to a third of an inch per hour under heavy bands of rain moving from the upper Savannah River valley to the Carolina foothills and Piedmont. 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...but the heavier rain will slowly reach those areas during the morning.
Forecast for Mecklenburg
Updated: 3:19 am EST on November 11, 2009
Flash Flood Watch in effect through Thursday morning...
Wind Advisory in effect from 7 am this morning to 7 am EST Thursday...
Today
Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Windy with highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Rain. Rain may be heavy at times in the evening. Windy. Near steady temperatures in the upper 40s. North winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Thursday
Rain likely. Breezy with highs in the mid 50s. North winds around 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
... 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.
Record Report
Statement as of 2:04 am EST on November 11, 2009
... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Greenville-Spartanburg SC...
A record rainfall of 2.42 inches was set at the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport on Tuesday. This breaks the old record of 1.16 inches set on November 10 in 1987.
