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Weather Alerts

Warnings

severe thunderstorm
Hart County, GA

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN HART
COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...

AT 933 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REED
CREEK...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HARTWELL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
REED CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OVER SMALL
AREAS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM.

PLEASE REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...
800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND
THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

&&

LAT...LON 3438 8309 3449 8305 3447 8301 3448 8299
3448 8294 3440 8289
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 254DEG 12KT 3445 8297

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Advisories

flood
McDowell County, NC

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IN...
CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 839 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SPOTTERS REPORTED MINOR
FLOODING OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF BURKE COUNTY...MAINLY FROM
MORGANTON SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY LINE. DOPPLER
RADAR AND RAIN GAUGES INDICATE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA SINCE THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL FLOODING
MAY BE OCCURRING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AS WELL.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE...
MORGANTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD
DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

&&

LAT...LON 3578 8149 3557 8167 3558 8169 3550 8169
3518 8177 3520 8216 3580 8178

$$

Polk County, NC

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IN...
CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 839 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SPOTTERS REPORTED MINOR
FLOODING OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF BURKE COUNTY...MAINLY FROM
MORGANTON SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY LINE. DOPPLER
RADAR AND RAIN GAUGES INDICATE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA SINCE THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL FLOODING
MAY BE OCCURRING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AS WELL.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE...
MORGANTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD
DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

&&

LAT...LON 3578 8149 3557 8167 3558 8169 3550 8169
3518 8177 3520 8216 3580 8178

$$

Rutherford County, NC

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IN...
CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 839 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SPOTTERS REPORTED MINOR
FLOODING OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF BURKE COUNTY...MAINLY FROM
MORGANTON SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY LINE. DOPPLER
RADAR AND RAIN GAUGES INDICATE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA SINCE THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL FLOODING
MAY BE OCCURRING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AS WELL.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE...
MORGANTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD
DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.

&&

LAT...LON 3578 8149 3557 8167 3558 8169 3550 8169
3518 8177 3520 8216 3580 8178

$$

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