Taylorsville, North Carolina

... The Flood Warning remains in effect until 530 PM EST for Alexander
and Catawba counties...

At 306 PM EST... widespread rain had become increasingly spotty
across the warned area... but high amounts of runoff will continue
across the headwaters of the South Fork Catawba and high water
conditions and flows will be seen throughout the Hickory and Lookout
Shoals lakes system.

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 3599 8100 3595 8100 3584 8105 3578 8111
      3570 8103 3555 8110 3556 8152 3561 8150
      3570 8140 3576 8137 3579 8133 3582 8134
      3599 8133 3603 8125 3604 8102

... 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 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 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.