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WGUS82 KGSP 122057
FLSGSP
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
457 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013
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ALEXANDER NC-CATAWBA NC-IREDELL NC-
457 PM EDT MON AUG 12 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IN...
NORTH CENTRAL CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CENTRAL ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
WEST CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER
RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN LESS
THAN AN HOUR. HOWEVER...MOST OF THE RAIN WAS FALLING OVER AND NEAR
LOOKOUT SHOALS LAKE. THIS WILL LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR STREAM
FLOODING. HOWEVER...URBAN FLOODING OF SUBDIVISIONS ALONG THE LAKE
IS LIKELY.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
OCCUR...ESPECIALLY NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE...CLAREMONT AND LOOKOUT
SHOALS LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD
DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
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LAT...LON 3586 8114 3586 8106 3584 8102 3582 8099
3568 8100 3572 8126 3581 8123 3583 8120
3585 8117
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