Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC
940 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 1990

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

STEADY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS
FRIDAY MORNING. HEAVIER RAIN CONTINUES TO STREAM NORTH FROM GEORGIA
AND SOUTH CAROLINA INTO THE FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE WATCH AREA. THE
LINVILLE RIVER AREA IN AVERY COUNTY LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE THE FIRST
FLOOD PRONE AREA ALONG WITH THE TOE RIVER IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY.

PEOPLE IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT FOR THE LATEST
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND
IF YOU ARE NEAR ANY STREAMS...CREEKS...RIVERS OR LOW LYING AREAS.

SOME 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

BOONE....                     1.47 INCHES
GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN-...       1.90  "
ASHEVILLE AIRPORT             2.50  "
HENDERSONVILLE                2.00  "
MT. MITCHELL                  3.00  "
AVERY COUNTY (TOE RIVER)      2.49  "

CARPENTER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
1015 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY BECOMING CONCENTRATED OVER A PORTION
OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA AND ADJACENT SOUTH
CAROLINA...

AT 1010 THIS MORNING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN OVER LINCOLN COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH ACROSS
WESTERN YORK COUNTY AND EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

...THESE COUNTIES ARE ALL WEST OF THE CATAWBA RIVER AND GENERALLY
WEST OF I-77 THROUGH CHARLOTTE...

TWO AREAS OF QUITE HEAVY RAIN WERE NOTED... THE FIRST WAS OVER
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN GASTON COUNTY AND MOVING RAPIDLY TOWARD EASTERN
LINCOLN  COUNTY AND THE CENTRAL AND UPPER PORTIONS OF LAKE NORMAN.

THE SECOND AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER SOUTHWESTERN GASTON
COUNTY AND APPROACHING GASTONIA.

THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN YORK AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES WAS
INCREASING IN INTENSITY AS IT MOVED TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40
MILES AN HOUR.  GASTON AND LINCOLN COUNTIES WILL LIKELY HAVE HEAVY
RAIN FROM THESE SOUTH CAROLINA STORMS THROUGH THE NOON HOUR TODAY.

AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH LINCOLN AND GASTON COUNTIES RAINFALL
WILL BE QUITE HEAVY FOR SHORT INTERVALS.  THE GROUND IS WELL
SATURATED AND RUNOFF WILL BE RAPID.  PROBLEMS OF HIGH WATER WILL BE
COMPOUNDED BY THE FACT THAT SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS THROUGH
ANY GIVEN AREA.

EVERYONE IN LINCOLN AND GASTON uCOUNTIES AND ALONG THE CENTRAL AND
UPPER PORTIONS OF LAKE NORMAN MUST BE ALERT FOR RAPID INCREASES IN
WATER LEVELS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS THROUGH
NOON TODAY.

RK