THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IN... CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 839 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SPOTTERS REPORTED MINOR FLOODING OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF BURKE COUNTY...MAINLY FROM MORGANTON SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY LINE. DOPPLER RADAR AND RAIN GAUGES INDICATE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA SINCE THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL FLOODING MAY BE OCCURRING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AS WELL.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE... MORGANTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
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.
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.
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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