Lewisville, North Carolina

... Flash Flood Watch in effect from Wednesday afternoon through
Wednesday evening...

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Flash Flood Watch for a portion of central North Carolina...
including the following areas... Alamance... Anson... Davidson...
Forsyth... Guilford... Montgomery... Randolph... Richmond and
Stanly.

* From Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday evening

* a powerful storm system developing over the Gulf Coast will move
northeastward over the interior southeast states late tonight
through Wednesday night. Widespread rain will sweep over the
area beginning early Wednesday morning... and will continue
through Wednesday night before tapering off by Thursday morning.
Storm total rainfall amounts over two inches are likely over the
western Piedmont... with locally higher totals possible.

* Rainfall over two inches may produce rapid flooding...
especially in poor drainage areas... and may cause rapid rises
on area creeks and rivers. In particular... Buffalo Creek and
Abbotts Creek may rise rapidly leading to flooding in
surrounding areas. High water is also possible in urban areas...
and in those areas that typically experience flooding during
heavy rain. The risk of flooding is enhanced with this storm
system due to the recent rains and resulting wet soil... and due
to fallen leaves which could clog drains.

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.

. . . Fischer-Porter rebuild /fpr/ rain gage now implemented at
cooperative station, Carthage, North Carolina, on December 1, 2009...

The National Weather Service in Raleigh North Carolina has begun a program to
install upgraded automated rain gages in its area of responsibility.
This equipment modification will change the way the precipitation
measurement is taken and recorded. Instead of an outdated paper
punching system, the new gages will utilize a digital data logger.
There will be no change in the quality, or the timeliness of hourly
precipitation data or hpd. Data will continue to be reported in
monthly hpd publications.

There are a total of nine sites to receive the Fischer-Porter
rebuilds in the WFO Raleigh County warning area or cwa. Sites that
are to be upgraded are listed with their implementation dates or
projected installation dates.

Coop station name . . . . . . . . .Coop number . . . . . Implemented/projected
b.E. Jordan dam 31-0750 Nov 3 2009
Badin 31-0438 Nov 9 2009
Burlington 3 NNE 31-1241 Nov 16 2009
Carthage 31-1515 Dec 1 2009
Fayetteville 31-3017 Dec 2009
Laurinburg 31-4860 Dec 2009
Lexington 31-4970 Dec 2009
Raleigh state univ 31-7079 Dec 2009
Wilson 3sw 31-9476 Jan 2010


the data from fpr gages will be reported by the National climate data center
/ncdc/ as a monthly product in the hourly precipitation data /hpd/
bulletin five months after the month of measurement.

Information on hpd precipitation products is available from ncdc.
Http://www.Ncdc.NOAA.Gov/oa/mpp/