Statesville, North Carolina

... The Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory remains in effect until
1130 PM EST for Rowan... southern Iredell... Mecklenburg... Cabarrus and
Union counties in the Piedmont of North Carolina...

At 526 PM EST... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated
continued light to moderate rainfall across the Charlotte Metro area
and the Interstate 77 corridor. Rain gages report fairly widespread
one quarter inch per hour rates... with rain totals for the day now
reaching 1 to 1.5 inches... especially east of Interstate 77.

Deep ponding of water and isolated Road closures in low lying and
normally poor drainage areas will be possible throughout the evening
hours. Additional heavy rainfall will likely redevelop
overnight... and flash flood warnings could be required at some point.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

Do not drive your vehicle into areas where the water covers the
roadway. The water depth may be too great to allow your car to cross
safely. Turn around and find another Route.

A Flood Advisory means river or stream flows are elevated or ponding
of water in urban or other areas is occurring or is imminent. To
report high water or flooding through our automated reporting
system... call our toll free number... 1 8 7 7... 6 3 3... 6 7 7 2.


Lat... Lon 3481 8033 3481 8079 3494 8079 3510 8092
      3506 8100 3527 8101 3533 8098 3535 8092
      3537 8098 3540 8095 3556 8096 3563 8093
      3571 8104 3574 8104 3585 8071 3571 8034
      3547 8030 3519 8049 3517 8046 3517 8027

243 PM EST Tue Nov 10 2009

... 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 tropical cyclone Ida will continue to
overspread the region into 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. Also... locations with poor drainage will flood...
especially across urbanized areas.

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.