Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

NCZ-010-011-092110-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
325 PM EDT THU  AUG 9  1990

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA...                                                              AAT 320 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
THE NORTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE BORDER FROM HOT SPRINGS TO MURPHY.  THE
HEAVIEST STORMS WERE IN GRAHAM AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES BETWEEN
ROBBINSVILLE AND MURPHY.  THEY WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST.

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN NORTH
CAOLINA THIS AFTERNOON THAT COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.  BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS
THE HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING.

PERSONS ALONG SMALL STREAMS OR IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.  BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO HIGHER @GROUND IF FLOODING SHOULD DEVELOP.

IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER..MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
HM