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CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...CHEROKEE...
BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY...
LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...
MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
1220 PM EDT TUE MAR 15 2011

.NOW...
AT 1215 PM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH FROM NORTHEAST GEORGIA TO ACROSS THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS. VERY LITTLE RAIN WAS INDICATED OVER THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS
AND NEARBY FONTANA LAKE. MOST OF THE HEAVIER RAINFALL AT 1215 PM
WAS IN THE CLEMSON VICINITY AND SOUTH OF LAKE HARTWELL.

$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

There are no active watches, warnings or advisories

STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...LENOIR
1059 AM EDT MON MAR 14 2011

.NOW...
ISOLATED PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND AWAY FROM THE
INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR THROUGH MIDDAY. ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON.

$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE
323 PM EST THU MAR 10 2011

.NOW...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTHWEST
AND SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME
BRIEF...SMALL HAIL IN THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. MOST AREAS CAN EXPECT
BETWEEN 1/10 AND 1/4 OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS.

$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN STILL POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA
EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND
PIEDMONT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS DURING THE
DAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG
THE COLD FRONT AS THE LOW APPROACHES.

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ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...
CHEROKEE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...
SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...LENOIR...
MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ANDERSON
351 AM EST THU MAR 10 2011

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HART...RABUN AND STEPHENS.
IN NORTH CAROLINA...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...
BUNCOMBE...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...CABARRUS...CATAWBA...
CLEVELAND...DAVIE...EASTERN MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GREATER
BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL...GREATER RUTHERFORD...GASTON...
GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...IREDELL...LINCOLN...MCDOWELL
MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...MECKLENBURG...MITCHELL...
NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...
ROWAN...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...ANDERSON...CHEROKEE...GREATER
GREENVILLE...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER PICKENS...GREENVILLE
MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS...PICKENS MOUNTAINS AND
SPARTANBURG.

* UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON

* AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS MORNING...AND THEN INTO THE
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA BY LATE MORNING. WHILE THE SHOWERS WILL NOT BRING
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN...THEY WILL HAVE A TENDENCY TO FALL ONE
BEHIND THE OTHER...A PROCESS KNOWN AS TRAINING. THIS COULD DROP
UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN SOME LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS. THE GROUND IS ALREADY VERY MOIST FRONT RECENT HEAVY
RAIN...THIS WOULD RESULT IN LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.

* STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ARE ALREADY RUNNING AT
OR NEAR BANKFULL...WITH ISOLATED FLOODING OCCURRING IN A FEW
FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MAY BRING MORE
STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS OR AT LEAST PROLONG EXISTING
FLOODING. THE SPOTTY NATURE OF THE RAIN SHOULD HAVE LITTLE
EFFECT ON MAIN STEM RIVERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&

$$

MCAVOY
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

STATESVILLE...HICKORY...SHELBY...
LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE
437 AM EST THU MAR 10 2011

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS
MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.

&&

$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

HEAVY RAINFALL REMAINS POSSIBLE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

.VERY MOIST AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT AND STRONG UPPER
DISTURBANCE SLOWLY APPROACH FROM THE WEST. RAIN SHOWERS...POSSIBLY
HEAVY AT TIMES...COULD REDEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS FRONT AS THE
SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY
LINGER IN SPOTS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AND ADDITIONAL
FLOODING MAY DEVELOP THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY.

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ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...
CHEROKEE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...
SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...LENOIR...
MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ANDERSON
552 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HART...RABUN AND STEPHENS.
IN NORTH CAROLINA...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...
BUNCOMBE...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...CABARRUS...CATAWBA...
CLEVELAND...DAVIE...EASTERN MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GREATER
BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL...GREATER RUTHERFORD...GASTON...
GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...IREDELL...LINCOLN...MCDOWELL
MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...MECKLENBURG...MITCHELL...
NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...
ROWAN...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...ANDERSON...CHEROKEE...GREATER
GREENVILLE...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER PICKENS...GREENVILLE
MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS...PICKENS MOUNTAINS AND
SPARTANBURG.

* THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

* A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAINFALL WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE
PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS THIS EVENING...WITH ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS REDEVELOPING BEHIND IT ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS. AS A COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
SLOWLY APPROACH FROM THE WEST OVERNIGHT...THE COVERAGE OF
SHOWERS WILL LIKELY INCREASE ONCE AGAIN. RAINFALL AT RATES UP TO
ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST
DOWNPOURS OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL ON SATURATED SOIL...CAUSING IMMEDIATE RUNOFF
INTO STREAMS AND CREEKS.

* STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ARE ALREADY RUNNING AT
OR NEAR BANKFULL...WITH ISOLATED FLOODING OCCURRING IN A FEW
FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS. ISOLATED FLOODING MAY STILL DEVELOP ALONG
STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS THIS
EVENING...WITH FURTHER FLOODING POSSIBLE IN MOUNTAIN AND
FOOTHILL LOCATIONS THURSDAY MORNING AS THE NEXT LINE OF SHOWERS
MOVES THROUGH. MAIN STEM RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG THE
FRENCH BROAD RIVER...AND POSSIBLE ALONG THE PIGEON RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&

$$

GERAPETRITIS
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...
CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...RUTHERFORD...
COLUMBUS...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ABBEVILLE...
LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
706 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

.NOW...
AN AREA OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS MUCH OF THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
THROUGH 900 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL AFFECT AREAS GENERALLY
ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 77. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER OF AN
INCH OF RAIN WILL POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

$$

BSH
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...
CONCORD...MONROE
441 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

.NOW...
STEADY RAIN WILL TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA
PIEDMONT EARLY THIS EVENING. LINGERING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT
MAINLY THE INTERSTATE 77 CORRIDOR AND POINTS EAST THROUGH 8 PM.
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL REDEVELOP FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATER THIS
EVENING.

$$

HG
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL TRANSPORT
MOISTURE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY
AND TONIGHT. MUCH OF THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 2 TO
4 INCHES OF RAIN. PARTS OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL
LOCATIONS MAY SEE UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN. WITH THE GROUND STILL
MOIST FROM RECENT RAINFALL...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF IS LIKELY. THE RAIN
IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF THURSDAY MORNING.

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DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...
CHEROKEE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...
SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...LENOIR...
MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ANDERSON
1124 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HART...RABUN AND STEPHENS.
IN NORTH CAROLINA...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...
BUNCOMBE...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...CABARRUS...CATAWBA...
CLEVELAND...DAVIE...EASTERN MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GREATER
BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL...GREATER RUTHERFORD...GASTON...
GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...IREDELL...LINCOLN...MCDOWELL
MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...MECKLENBURG...MITCHELL...
NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...
ROWAN...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...ANDERSON...CHEROKEE...GREATER
GREENVILLE...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER PICKENS...GREENVILLE
MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS...PICKENS MOUNTAINS AND
SPARTANBURG.

* THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY SATURATE ALREADY MOIST SOIL...
CAUSING SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND CREEKS.

* STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND THE
FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL BE THE FIRST TO FLOOD. AFTER PROLONGED
RAINFALL...MAIN STEM RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY AS WELL...
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE FRENCH BROAD...TUCKASEGEE AND SALUDA
RIVER SYSTEMS.

* THE HEAVY RAINFALL IN CONJUNCTION WITH WET SOILS FROM LAST
WEEKENDS HEAVY RAIN COULD CONTRIBUTE TO ISOLATED MUDSLIDES OR
DEBRIS FLOWS ON UNSTABLE SLOPES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND BLUE
RIDGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&

$$

MOORE
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...
SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...
CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...
RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
1122 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

.NOW...
THROUGH 2 PM...RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND
COVERAGE OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY A TENTH OF AN INCH AND 1 INCH CAN BE
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS ANTICIPATED
OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.

$$

JPT
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...
CHEROKEE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY...
LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...
RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
848 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

.NOW...
THROUGH 11 PM...RAIN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OVER
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA LATE THIS MORNING.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ABOUT 0.1 AND 0.4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS MORE LIKELY OVER
THE FAR WESTERN MOUNTAINS.

$$

JPT
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL TRANSPORT
MOISTURE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY
AND TONIGHT. MUCH OF THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 2 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN. PARTS OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL
LOCATIONS MAY SEE UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN. WITH THE GROUND STILL
MOIST FROM RECENT RAINFALL...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF IS LIKELY. THE RAIN
IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF THURSDAY MORNING.

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ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-CHEROKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...
CONCORD...GAFFNEY
336 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS
EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH
CAROLINA...ALEXANDER...CABARRUS...CATAWBA...CLEVELAND...
DAVIE...GASTON...IREDELL...LINCOLN...MECKLENBURG AND ROWAN.
IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...CHEROKEE.

* FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY SATURATE ALREADY MOIST SOIL...
CAUSING SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND CREEKS.

* STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE WESTERN PIEDMONT WILL BE THE
FIRST TO FLOOD. AFTER PROLONGED RAINFALL...MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL
BE PRONE TO FLOODING AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&

$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...STATESVILLE...CHEROKEE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...
SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ANDERSON
557 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

.NOW...
RAIN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OVER THE MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS EARLY
THIS MORNING.

$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...CHEROKEE...
BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY...
LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...
MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
400 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

.NOW...
RAIN CONTINUES TO INCREASE OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS THIS MORNING. AT 4 AM...PERSISTENT RAIN EXTENDED FROM
TRYON NORTH CAROLINA WEST TO THE GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. MOVEMENT OF
THE RAIN IS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE HUGE AREA OF
HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST GEORGIA TO MISSISSIPPI AND
CONTINUED TO PROGRESS TOWARD OUR AREA. WHEN THIS AREA OF HEAVY
RAIN ARRIVES...THE DANGER OF STREAMS AND CREEKS RISING AND
POSSIBLY FLOODING WILL GREATLY INCREASE.

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CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...CHEROKEE...
BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY...
LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...
MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
145 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

.NOW...
AN AREA OF RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH FROM
NORTH GEORGIA TO THE CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS IN THE
PREDAWN HOURS. AT 240 AM...MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN EXTENDED FROM THE
WEST SIDE OF ASHEVILLE TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SOUTH CAROLINA
TO ATLANTA. THE HUGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO CROSS
MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA AND WILL ARRIVE LATER TODAY.

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CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...CHEROKEE...
BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY...
LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...
MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
1145 PM EST TUE MAR 8 2011

.NOW...
AN AREA OF RAIN WITH SOME EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS CONTINUE TO
MOVE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH FROM NORTH GEORGIA TO THE CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TONIGHT. THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT BAND OF RAIN
AT 1140 PM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF FRANKLIN NORTH CAROLINA AND
CLAYTON GEORGIA AND EXTENDED TOWARD ATLANTA. THIS RAIN WILL CROSS
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS INTO THE PREDAWN HOURS. THE MAIN AREA OF
HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL ARRIVE LATER WEDNESDAY.

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CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
HICKORY...SALISBURY...HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...
GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE...
SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...
LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
1042 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

* HAZARDS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...ROUGH CHOP ON AREAS LAKES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.

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AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTH CENTRAL CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
WEST CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 330 PM EST

* AT 930 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FOLLOW ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OVER THE LAST 12 HOURS ACROSS THE AREA WERE AROUND 3 TO 4
INCHES. RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN WILL CAUSE STREAM TO RISE TO BANKFULL
AND MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THESE CREEKS.
REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE LENIOR HAVE INDICATED SOME ROADS
WERE BEGINNING TO FLOOD.. DUE TO BLOCK DRAINS. ADDITIONAL RAIN
AROUND ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE...
HICKORY...LENOIR...LINCOLNTON...MARION...MORGANTON...NEWLAND...
NEWTON...SPRUCE PINE...TAYLORSVILLE...ASHFORD...BANNER ELK...
BETHLEHEM...BOGER CITY...BUSICK...CASAR...CLAREMONT...
COLLETTSVILLE...CONNELLY SPRINGS...CONOVER...DENVER...
DYSARTSVILLE...ELLENDALE...GAMEWELL...GLENWOOD...GLOBE...GRANITE
FALLS...HUDSON...ICARD...INGALLS AND IRON STATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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.

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LAT...LON 3616 8181 3611 8181 3612 8164 3609 8148
3585 8100 3542 8099 3550 8193 3568 8229
3571 8227 3575 8232 3618 8191

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