Flash Flood and Flood in North Carolina, September 12 to 13, 2014

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
959 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY JUST TO OUR SOUTH OVER THE
WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH UNSETTLED WEATHER LIKELY EACH
DAY. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK WITH A COOL AIR WEDGE PATTERN SETTING UP BY THE END OF THE
WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
0200 UTC UPDATE...A BROAD UPPER TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE NORTHERN
TIER OF THE CONUS THIS EVENING...WITH AN UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED
SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE UPPER MS RIVER VALLEY. THE MODELS SHOW
A WEAK UPPER IMPULSE CROSSING NE GA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
TONIGHT...WHILE THE NORTHERN STREAM SYSTEM CROSSES THE GREAT
LAKES.

A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS ACROSS SC THIS EVENING. CONVECTION
WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST ALONG THIS FEATURE IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH
RIVER VALLEY...WHILE ANOTHER ROUND OF ROBUST CONVECTION AND HEAVY
RAINFALL WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY NE IN THE NC FOOTHILLS...WHERE WEAK
ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE EXISTED. UPSLOPE FLOW INTO THE NORTHERN BLUE
RIDGE IS SHOWN TO BE RATHER WEAK...BUT COULD BE A CONTRIBUTING
FACTOR IN HEAVY RAIN PRODUCTION AS WELL.

POPS HAVE BEEN UPDATED BASED ON RADAR TRENDS...FAVORING THE NC
FOOTHILLS...AND THE LAKE RUSSELL AREA OF THE UPPER SAVANNA RIVER
VALLEY. QPF HAS BEEN ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY. LITTLE ADJUSTMENT WAS
MADE TO OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES...WHICH SHOULD RUN ABOVE NORMAL IN A
MOIST AIRMASS.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM
THE WEST SAT. WITH CONTINUED DEEP MOISTURE...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA. AGAIN...FCST PW VALUES
ARE LOWER THAN PREVIOUS NUMBERS. IN ADDITION...LITTLE DRY MID LEVEL
AIR AND SHEAR DEVELOP...SO ANY FLOOD AND SEVERE THREAT WILL BE
LIMITED...BUT STILL POSSIBLE. HIGH TEMPS WILL BE BELOW NORMAL WITH
THE CONTINUED CLOUDS AND PRECIP...BUT NOT ESPECIALLY COOL AS THE
WEDGE BOUNDARY WILL HAVE MADE LITTLE SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 230 PM FRIDAY...THE SHORT RANGE OF THE FORECAST REMAINS
UNSETTLED DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF AN OLD SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE
CAROLINAS. THE BOUNDARY WILL BE REINFORCED BY THE ARRIVAL OF A
SECOND BOUNDARY FROM THE WEST SATURDAY EVENING. THAT SHOULD KEEP THE
BEST PRECIP CHANCES E OF THE BLUE RIDGE OVERNIGHT AS DRIER AIR
PUSHES INTO THE MTNS FROM HIGH PRESSURE MOVING OVER THE MIDWEST. A
LIKELY POP STILL LOOKS GOOD ACROSS THE PIEDMONT DUE TO THE FRONT...
BUT THE PROBABILITY SHOULD DIMINISH GRADUALLY OVERNIGHT. CANNOT RULE
OUT SOME AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NC PIEDMONT AS PW MAY
INITIALLY REMAIN HIGH. AS THE MIDWEST SURFACE HIGH BRIDGES THE MTNS
AND MOVES ACROSS UPSTATE NY ON SUNDAY...THE SURFACE PATTERN WILL
GRADUALLY ACQUIRE A WEDGE-LIKE CONFIGURATION. WEAK UPSLOPE/UPGLIDE
AT LOW LEVELS SHOWN BY THE MODEL SHOULD SERVE TO DEVELOP EXTENSIVE
LOW CLOUDS AND SOME LIGHT PRECIP MAINLY E OF THE MTNS...WHICH WILL
KEEP TEMPS WELL BELOW NORMAL. THE NC FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT ARE NOT
LIKELY TO GET OUT OF THE 60S. THE PARENT HIGH IS MIGRATORY AND
WEAKENS AS IT MOVES OFF THE E COAST ON MONDAY. THIS WILL NOT DO MUCH
TO LOCK IN A WEDGE FOR MONDAY...WHICH MAKES THE FCST FOR MONDAY
PROBLEMATIC. THE MODEL GUIDANCE MIXES OUT THE WEDGE REMNANTS IN THE
AFTERNOON BUT THERE COULD EASILY BE A LINGERING COOL POOL OVER THE
NC FOOTHILLS. THE TEMP FCST HAS A TEN DEGREE REBOUND OVER MUCH OF
THE AREA BASED ON THE REMNANTS MIXING OUT WITH THE HIGH WEAKENING...
BUT CONFIDENCE IN THIS IS LOW. NEARLY THE WHOLE AREA GETS A CHANCE
OF PRECIP.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 2 PM FRIDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE FCST PICK UP AT 00Z ON TUESDAY
WITH A BROAD...LONGWAVE UPPER TROF OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
CONUS AND UPPER RIDGING OVER THE WEST. THE OVERALL PATTERN IS NOT
EXPECTED TO CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY THRU THE PERIOD WITH SOME
DEAMPLIFICATION LIKELY BY DAYS 6 AND 7 AS THE RIDGE AXIS DRIFTS
FARTHER EASTWARD.

AT THE SFC...THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO BE UNDER A BROAD AREA OF WEAK
LOW LVL CONVERGENCE WITH MOIST PROFILES PERSISTING FROM THE PREVIOUS
FEW DAYS. AS ONE HIGH MOVES OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST...ANOTHER WILL
MOVE EASTWARD FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON TUES AND THEN NORTH OF OUR
REGION BY LATE WED OR THURS. BY THE END OF THE MEDIUM RANGE...THE
HIGH WILL LIKELY HAVE MOVED OVER NEW ENGLAND AND SET UP ANOTHER COOL
AIR WEDGE OVER THE CAROLINAS. AS FOR THE SENSIBLE FCST...THE LATEST
MODEL RUNS HAVE BEEN TRENDING DRIER AND COOLER...ESPECIALLY TOWARDS
THE END OF THE PERIOD. THE GFS IS NOW MORE IN LINE WITH THE ECMWF
YET IT STILL DOES NOT DRY THE FCST AREA OUT ON WED...BUT BY THURS IT
BEGINS TO SET UP THE WEDGE PATTERN. AS FOR POPS...THE BEST CHANCES
FOR WIDESPREAD DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL BE TUES AND WED. FOR THURS
AND FRI...I ONLY CARRY A SLIGHT CHANCE POP. TEMPS WERE LOWERED EACH
DAY BY A FEW DEGREES WITH VALUES DROPPING THRU THE PERIOD. BY NEXT
FRI...HIGHS ARE NEARLY 2 CATEGORIES BELOW CLIMATOLOGY.

&&

.AVIATION /02Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT KCLT...CONVECTIVE CHANCES REMAIN OVERNIGHT WITH A FRONT IN THE
AREA AND WEAK MID LEVEL DISTURBANCES ALOFT. INSTABILITY WILL BE A A
MINIMA BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAWN...WHEN THUNDER CHANCES WILL BE
LOWER. GUIDANCE SUPPORTS LIGHT ENE WINDS VEERING TO SE OVERNIGHT...
THEN SW EARLY SATURDAY AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHING
FROM THE NW. WINDS VEER NW AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. A BLEND OF GUIDANCE FAVORS MVFR VSBY IN FOG AT
DAYBREAK...AND AN MVFR CIG DEVELOPING THIS EVENING THAT BRIEFLY
LOWERS TO IFR AROUND DAWN. CIGS AND VSBY RETURN TO VFR BY MIDDAY
SATURDAY.

ELSEWHERE...CONVECTION WILL LINGER IN THE VICINITY OF A NEARLY
STATIONARY FRONT THIS EVENING. AS INSTABILITY DECREASES LATE
TONIGHT...THUNDER CHANCES WILL DECREASE...THOUGH RAIN WILL CONTINUE
OF AND ON. AT FOOTHILL SITES...LIGHT WINDS GRADUALLY VEER FROM NE TO
SE OVERNIGHT..THEN OF LIGHT AND VARIABLE AS ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES
FROM THE NW. KAVL WINDS REMAIN FROM THE S OVERNIGHT...THEN VEER N BY
DAYBREAK. FOOTHILL WINDS VEER NW BY AFTERNOON AS THE NEXT FRONT
MOVES THROUGH. A BLEND OF GUIDANCE FAVORS MVFR VSBY LATE TONIGHT AT
SC SITES...IFR AT KHKY...AND LIFR TO VLIFR AT KAVL...WITH THE WORST
AT DAYBREAK. GUIDANCE ALSO FAVORS MVFR CIGS AT SC SITES LATE
TONIGHT....WITH IFR AT SC SITES. CIGS AND VSBY RISE TO MVFR BY
MIDDAY.

OUTLOOK...A COLD FRONT WILL BE REINFORCED...AND REMAIN STALLED
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST THRU THE WEEKEND WHILE A WEAK WEDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE SLIDES DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS. MORNING
VSBY/CIG RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE AT ALL SITES EACH MORNING WITH THE
HIGHEST PROBABILITIES RESIDING ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN AND IN THE
MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.

CONFIDENCE TABLE...

            02-08Z        08-14Z        14-20Z        20-02Z
KCLT       MED   78%     HIGH  91%     MED   76%     HIGH  97%
KGSP       HIGH  84%     HIGH  84%     HIGH  92%     HIGH 100%
KAVL       MED   75%     HIGH  97%     HIGH  91%     HIGH 100%
KHKY       HIGH  92%     HIGH  81%     HIGH  87%     HIGH 100%
KGMU       HIGH  80%     HIGH  88%     HIGH  96%     HIGH 100%
KAND       HIGH 100%     HIGH  86%     HIGH  94%     HIGH 100%

THE PERCENTAGE REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING
WITH THE SCHEDULED TAF ISSUANCE FLIGHT RULE CATEGORY. COMPLETE
HOURLY EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLES AND ENSEMBLE
FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: (MUST BE LOWER CASE)

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JPT
NEAR TERM...JAT/RWH
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...JPT
AVIATION...JAT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
446 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-132100-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
446 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL REMAIN ALMOST STATIONARY ACROSS THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. A VERY MOIST AIR
MASS WILL INTERACT WITH THE FRONT TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS TO
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING...AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...POSSIBLY EXCESSIVE...WILL BE THE PRIMARY
THREATS FROM THE STORMS AND COULD RESULT IN ISOLATED FLASH
FLOODING. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY POSSIBLE NEAR THE FRONT...WHERE
SEVERAL HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE ACROSS THE
SAME LOCATION IN SUCCESSION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

..SATURDAY...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. THE THREAT
FOR HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SATURDAY.
..SUNDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

PM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
839 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014

NCZ503-504-130130-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
839 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BURKE COUNTY THROUGH 930 PM
EDT...

AT 835 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG STORMS NEAR SALEM AND VICINITY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.

AMONG OTHER LOCATIONS...STORMS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  SALEM...
  MORGANTON...

A ROUND OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY.

OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY
TO GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY
FROM OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES.

LAT...LON 3594 8178 3587 8170 3583 8160 3578 8156
      3577 8147 3556 8165 3561 8175 3558 8183
      3571 8187 3580 8198 3582 8198 3585 8192
      3588 8191 3596 8194 3600 8190

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
845 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014

NCZ053-130130-
BUNCOMBE-
845 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014

...A ROUND OF TORRENTIAL WILL AFFECT WESTERN BUNCOMBE COUNTY THROUGH
930 PM EDT...

AT 843 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ENKA...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN
ASHEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  ENKA...
  AVERY CREEK...
  BILTMORE PARK...
  WEST ASHEVILLE...
  DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3548 8241 3545 8245 3544 8262 3546 8267
      3545 8271 3542 8275 3544 8278 3547 8280
      3554 8276 3556 8278 3557 8277 3561 8281
      3571 8253

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
854 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014

NCZ501-502-130200-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
854 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014

...ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT CALDWELL COUNTY THROUGH 1000 PM
EDT...

AT 852 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING NORTH ACROSS THE REGION WITH RAINFALL
RATES OF ONE OR TWO INCHES PER HOUR.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY BE SEEN THIS EVENING.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. WATER
LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE RAPIDLY. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3613 8154 3610 8151 3608 8142 3602 8133
      3592 8135 3588 8133 3578 8145 3578 8154
      3579 8157 3585 8165 3588 8172 3592 8175
      3596 8180 3607 8173 3611 8180

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
900 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014

NCZ068>070-SCZ009-130145-
CLEVELAND-GASTON-LINCOLN-YORK-
900 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN
YORK...WESTERN LINCOLN...WESTERN GASTON AND CLEVELAND COUNTIES
THROUGH 945 PM EDT...

AT 856 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF
CASAR TO YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

AMONG OTHER LOCATIONS...THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT PLACES NEAR...
  CHERRYVILLE...
  SOUTH GASTONIA...
  CATAWBA STATION...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING AS WELL. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO GET
INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES.

LAT...LON 3491 8146 3504 8145 3505 8141 3513 8140
      3516 8137 3517 8140 3540 8170 3556 8170
      3557 8141 3505 8105

CSH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
914 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014

GAZ029-SCZ011-130215-
ABBEVILLE-ELBERT-
914 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN ABBEVILLE AND
SOUTHEASTERN ELBERT COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM EDT...

AT 913 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ABBEVILLE TO FORTSONIA...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE
SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE AN
INTERIOR ROOM.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...TRY TO
GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY FROM
OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE STORM
APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3398 8266 3398 8287 3400 8290 3418 8263
      3417 8224 3407 8231 3405 8235 3406 8246
      3407 8248 3407 8253 3401 8259 3397 8258

JOH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
951 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014

NCZ056-068-069-130230-
CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-
951 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN LINCOLN...NORTHERN
CLEVELAND AND SOUTHWESTERN CATAWBA COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM EDT...

AT 948 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VALE...OR 13 MILES WEST OF
LINCOLNTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING. IF OUTDOORS...TRY
TO GET INDOORS OR INTO A HARD TOPPED VEHICLE. OTHERWISE...STAY AWAY
FROM OPEN AREAS AND ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. WHEN
INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING WIRED
ELECTRONIC DEVICES. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY APPLIANCES BEFORE THE
STORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3563 8119 3542 8134 3542 8145 3541 8145
      3540 8146 3543 8167 3557 8160 3556 8158
      3557 8154 3560 8152 3569 8143

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