Through 4 PM...widespread rain will persist through the late afternoon hours across the foothills and western Piedmont of North Carolina. With the exception of a few showers...most of the rain will fall north and west of Charlotte. The heaviest rain will fall across the foothills...roughly along a line from Columbus to Rutherfordton...Hickory and Taylorsville. Rainfall rates of up to a quarter inch per hour are likely in this area.
Forecast for Rowan
Updated: 3:19 PM EST on November 11, 2009
Wind Advisory in effect until 7 am EST Thursday...
Flash Flood Watch in effect through Thursday morning...
Tonight
Rain. Breezy with lows in the mid 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Thursday
Rain likely. Breezy with highs in the lower 50s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
... 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
* areas of light to moderate rain... with a few embedded heavier showers... will persist through the night over the foothills and western Piedmont of North Carolina... as well as the northwest Piedmont of South Carolina. This will result in storm total accumulations of 3 to 5 inches.
* The expected additional rainfall may cause flooding of smaller creeks and streams. Some streams may also leave their banks as a result of runoff from earlier heavy rain. Minor flooding is expected to develop across upper portions of the Broad River.
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.
Wind Advisory
Statement as of 2:56 PM EST on November 11, 2009
... 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 through 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 recent heavy rain... 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 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.