York, South Carolina

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Flood Warning for the Broad River in SC near Blacksburg.
* From late tonight to Thursday evening... or until the warning is
cancelled.
* At 8:00 am Wednesday the stage was 9.2 feet.
* Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... rise above flood stage by midnight and
continue to rise to near 16.4 feet by 1 am tomorrow morning. The
river will fall below flood stage by late morning.
* At 16.0 feet... River Road near Gaffney will begin to flood.

... 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

* a large band of moderate to heavy rain will likely remain across
the east facing slopes of the North Carolina mountains and the
adjacent foothills through this evening. Additional rainfall amounts
of 1 to 2 inches are likely through tonight... resulting in storm
total accumulations of 3 to 5 inches... with locally higher
amounts in excess of 6 inches likely.

* The expected rainfall may cause flooding of smaller creeks and
streams... minor flooding is expected to develop later today
across upper portions of the Broad River. In
addition... significant poor drainage flooding may develop in
urban locations... including the Charlotte Metro area.

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.