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HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY INTO
WEDNESDAY...

.A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
THROUGH MID-DAY ON WEDNESDAY. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL
BRING ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. AS THE SOUTHERLY
WINDS ARE LIFTED OVER THE FRONT...AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE OVER
THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ALONG AND JUST NORTH
OF THE STATIONARY FRONT. THE COMBINATION OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...
WINDY CONDITIONS AND DROUGHT WEAKENED TREES WILL ALSO RESULT IN
SEVERAL TREES FALLING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS DURING
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.

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AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...LAKE LURE
320 AM EST TUE JAN 6 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS
EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...AVERY...BURKE
MOUNTAINS...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...
MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS AND YANCEY.

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-DAY ON
WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE
WATCH AREA...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS COULD FALL ALONG THE
SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS.

* FLOODING OF BOTH STREAMS AND SOME LARGER RIVERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN. ANY EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE RAINFALL RATES AND RESULT IN A GREATER
RISK OF FLASH FLOODING.

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.
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CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...
SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...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
810 AM EST TUE JAN 6 2009

.NOW...
THROUGH 10 AM...A BROAD AREA OF RAIN AND FEW HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE TO FLOW NORTHEAST FROM GEORGIA...ACROSS THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE RAIN IS MODERATE TO HEAVY OVER
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE... WITH RAINFALL RATES NEAR A
QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH PER HOUR. THE HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. PATCHY FOG ALONG WITH LIGHT SHOWERS WAS
REPORTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS
MORNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND SLOW DOWN WHEN DRIVING
IN HEAVY SHOWERS AND FOG THIS MORNING.
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