Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
1230 PM EST SAT FEB 28 1987

AT NOON TODAY...CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED PRECIPITATION COVERING
NEARLY ALL OF THE AREA WITHIN ABOUT 75 MILES OF CHARLOTTE.  SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS AND REPORTS FROM OTHER RADAR SITES INDICATED THE RAIN
AND DRIZZLE WAS OCCURRING OVER A MUCH LARGER AREA AND WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH.

A FEW SMALL PRECIPITATION FREE AREAS WERE BEING DETECTED OVER NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA.  THESE BREAKS MAY BRING A
BREIF RESPITE FROM RAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS THEY MOVE INTO AND
ACROSS THE TAR HEEL STATE...BUT THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE MUCH AS IT HAS FOR THE COUPLE OF
DAYS.

AT NOON...AN OBSERVER IN FOREST PAWTUCKETT...IN NORTHWEST MECKLENBURG
COUNTY REPORTED A STORM TOTAL OF 3.10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION.  AT
DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THE STORM TOTAL THROUGH NOON WAS 2.84
INCHES.  A STORM TOTAL OF 2.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN SOUTHEAST
CHARLOTTE THROUGH ABOUT MID MORNING.

CHECKING WITH THE COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTERS IN SURROUNDING
COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA REVEALED THE FOLLOWING...

ANSON...CREEKS WERE HIGH WITH SOME MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.
CABARRUS...STOUGH BRIDGE WAS UNDER WATER AND ALL CREEKS WERE AT
BANKFUL.
CLEVELAND...NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING BUT THE HIGHWAY 74 BRIDGE WAS
WASHING OUT.
GASTON...STREET FLOODING IN LOWELL.
MONTGOMERY...RURAL PAVED ROAD 11-12...NEAR BISCOE...WAS FLOODED.
IN CATAWBA...LINCOLN...MECKLENBURG...RICHMOND...STANLY...AND UNION
COUNTIES...SOME STREET AND MINOR URBAN FLOODING WAS OCCURRING...ALL
STREAMS WERE AT OR NEAR BANKFUL.

PEOPLE LIVING IN LOW LYING OR OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT
TO THE POSSIBLITY OF FLOODING AND BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE IF
NECESSARY.  MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED TO DRIVE WITH ADDITIONAL CARE THIS
AFTERNOON.

THE NEXT STATEMENT BY THIS OFFICE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 4 THIS
AFTERNOON.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
315 PM EST SAT FEB 28 1987

...HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN.
AT 300 PM THE AREA WAS IN EASTERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN GEORGIA
MOVING EAST A NEARLY 50 MILES AN HOUR.

THE HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA DURING
THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE ALREADY NEAR BANKFUL.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL THREATEN LOW LYING AREAS WITH LOCAL FLOODING.

PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE PLACES SHOULD BE ALERT AND BE READY TO MOVE
QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WESTHER SERIVCE RADIO
OR YOUR FAVORITE COMMERCIAL aSTATION FOR THE LASTEST FORECASTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC
505 PM EST SAT FEB 28 1987

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...

RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF RAIN ALONG WITH SOME HEAVY SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA WITH THE LEADING EDGE
OF THE PRECIPITATION MOVING INTO THE UPSTATE AREA OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION IS MOVING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 50 MPH.

RAINFALL HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIAL OVER THE AREA FOR THE PAST THREE DAYS.
MOST STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE NEAR OR A LITTLE ABOVE BANKFUL. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE
SOME RAPID RISES AND SOME FLOODING.

PERSONS ALONG AND NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS AND IN OTHER FLOOD PRONE
AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT AND READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING
IS OBSERVED OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.  LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST ADVICE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
CURTIS/GSP