Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
430 PM EDT MON OCT 22 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THE NIGHT FOR ALL UPSTATE COUNTIES...
...RAIN IS INCREASING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT...

AT 430 THIS AFTERNOON RAIN WAS WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE NORTHWESTERN
COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA...WITH A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN NOTED BY
RADAR EXTENDING FROM NEAR BELTON SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA
NEAR MACON. THIS HEAVY RAIN...WITH POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS...WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR.  THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY
THROUGH SOUTHERN GREENVILLE COUNTY AND INTO SPARTANBURG DURING THE
NEXT HOUR...JUST IN TIME FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR. HEAVY
RAIN WAS ALSO INDICATED MOVING INTO GREENWOOD COUNTY BY 5 PM.

THOSE AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE MAY HAVE STANDING WATER ACROSS THE
ROADWAYS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND MOTORISTS ARE UGED
TO SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION.
MUSGROVE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC
455 PM EDT MON OCT 22 1990

... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ...
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES .... CLEVELAND
... CATAWBA ... LINCOLN ... GASTON ... MECKLENBURG ... CABARRUS ...
UNION ... ANSON ...STANLY ... MONTGOMERY ... IREDELL ... AND ROWAN
UNTIL 8 AM TUESDAY.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA ...
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CHEROKEE ... YORK ... CHESTER ... AND
LANCASTER.

AT 445 PM EDT ... CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED RAIN COVERING MOST
OF THE MOUNTAINS ... FOOTHILLS ... AND PIEDMONT SECTIONS OF BOTH
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS DEPICTED OVER
GASTON COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA.  ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ABOUT 20 MPH.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED JUST BEFORE 7 PM EDT.

CLARK