HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1230 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1230 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH
CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
NONE.
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 1008 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 400 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH
CAROLINA...ALEXANDER...CABARRUS...CATAWBA...DAVIE...GASTON...
IREDELL...LINCOLN...MECKLENBURG...ROWAN AND UNION NC. IN
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...CHESTER AND YORK.
* UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
* ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN THIS MORNING FROM AROUND
CHARLOTTE SOUTHWARD INTO THE EASTERN UPSTATE...AND AN ADDITIONAL
INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON.
* STREAM AND CREEKS...AND EVENTUALLY MAIN STEM RIVER LEVELS...WILL
CONTINUE TO RISE INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH SOME EXCEEDING BANK
FULL STAGE. EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
QUICKLY FLOOD POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND CAUSE RAPID RISES ON
SMALLER CREEKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
$$
CSH