Conestee, South Carolina

... A Flash Flood Warning remains in effect until 800 am EST for
northern Greenville and northwestern Spartanburg counties...

At 411 am EST... National Weather Service Doppler radar continued to
indicate moderate rainfall moving across northern Greenville and
Spartanburg counties. Local stream gauges indicate the Reedy River
at Greenville is within 0.7 feet of flood stage and a continued slow
rise is expected from runoff associated with upstream creeks and
streams. This should be enough for the Reedy River to reach flood
stage during the next few hours. A stream gauge located on the
middle Tyger river has shown steep rises in the last couple of hours
and it is now within 1.5 feet of flood stage... which is 9.5 feet.

Additional light to moderate rainfall will continue across the warned
area for the next few hours and flooding conditions are likely
across small streams and creeks... as well as natural low lying areas
and poor drainage areas.

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. Move to higher ground.


Lat... Lon 3514 8256 3518 8246 3517 8244 3520 8241
      3521 8238 3518 8236 3519 8235 3519 8231
      3520 8224 3518 8200 3480 8208 3478 8246

... Flash Flood Watch now in effect through this afternoon...

The Flash Flood Watch is now in effect for

* portions of northeast Georgia... western North Carolina and
upstate South Carolina... including the following areas... in
northeast Georgia... Elbert... Franklin... Habersham... Hart...
Rabun and Stephens. In western North Carolina... Avery...
Buncombe... eastern Polk... Graham... Haywood... Henderson...
Macon... Madison... Mitchell... northern Jackson... Polk
mountains... southern Jackson... Swain... Transylvania and
Yancey. In upstate South Carolina... Abbeville... Anderson...
greater Greenville... greater Oconee... greater Pickens...
Greenville mountains... Greenwood... Laurens... Oconee
mountains... Pickens mountains... Spartanburg and Union SC.

* Through this afternoon

* moisture associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida will
cause rain to persist across the watch area through the morning
hours... before beginning to taper off during the afternoon.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are likely
today... resulting in storm total accumulations of 3 to 5
inches... with locally higher amounts in excess of 6 inches
possible.

* Flooding is already in progress across portions of the North
Carolina mountains. The additional rainfall will exacerbate
existing flooding... and cause new flooding problems to develop.
Although the main effects will be along smaller streams and
urbanized areas... minor flooding is expected to develop later
today across upper portions of the French Broad River. In mountainous
or hilly terrain... rainfall amounts of 5 inches or more over a
large area lead to a significant increase in landslide threat on
an isolated to scattered basis.

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 in effect from 7 am this morning to 7 am EST
Thursday...

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued
a Wind Advisory... which is in effect from 7 am this morning to
7 am EST Thursday.

Sustained winds of 15 to 25 mph... with gusts as high as 40
mph... are expected 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.