Ellenboro, North Carolina

... Flash Flood Watch remains in effect through Thursday morning...

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 Thursday morning

* a large band of moderate to heavy rain will likely remain across
the east facing slopes of the North Carolina mountains and the
adjacent foothills through this evening. Additional rainfall amounts
of 1 to 2 inches are likely through tonight... resulting in storm
total accumulations of 3 to 5 inches... with locally higher
amounts in excess of 6 inches likely.

* The expected rainfall may cause flooding of smaller creeks and
streams... minor flooding is expected to develop later today
across upper portions of the Broad River. In
addition... significant poor drainage flooding may develop in
urban locations... including the Charlotte Metro area.

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.

1045 am EST Wed Nov 11 2009

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Flood Advisory for...
Polk County in western North Carolina...
Rutherford County in western North Carolina...

* until 145 PM EST

* at 1038 am EST... after a soaking... widespread heavy rainfall since
yesterday... totaling as much as 4 inches in spots... stream levels
are elevated... and high water is standing in many low spots and
ditches. Widespread rain... heavy at times will continue across the
area into the afternoon before diminishing... perhaps causing
another inch or so of rain to accumulate. Motorists are advised to
be wary of high water conditions and are reminded to never cross
flood roads. Interests near creeks and streams should keep an eye
on water levels throughout the day.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

To report high water... flooding... mudslides... landslides or other
severe weather through our automated reporting system... call our toll
free number... 1 8 7 7... 6 3 3... 6 7 7 2.


Lat... Lon 3559 8170 3535 8170 3519 8177 3519 8233
      3520 8235 3529 8234 3539 8226 3544 8228
      3548 8223 3552 8222 3552 8211 3555 8201
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... Wind Advisory remains in effect until 7 am EST Thursday...

A Wind Advisory remains in effect until 7 am EST Thursday.

Sustained winds of 15 to 25 mph... with gusts as high as 40 mph...
will continue today and tonight across the Piedmont and much of the
foothills of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia. These
gusty winds... combined with saturated soil from the ongoing
rainfall... will likely cause a number of trees to become uprooted
across the advisory area.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

This Wind Advisory has been issued because gusty winds are
expected to cause quite a few trees to fall due to saturated
soil. This may result in scattered power outages.

... 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.