...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN PIEDMONT
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ...
.A TROPICAL LIKE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT NORTHWARD FROM OFF
THE GEORGIA COAST THIS MORNING AND ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND
OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE AREA. THIS COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOILS FROM
RECENT RAINS WILL LEAD TO A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE
WESTERN PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA,
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, ALAMANCE, ANSON, CHATHAM,
DAVIDSON, FORSYTH, GUILFORD, MONTGOMERY, MOORE, RANDOLPH,
RICHMOND, SCOTLAND, AND STANLY.
* FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES,
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. THIS COMBINED WITH
SATURATED SOILS FROM RECENT RAINS WILL LEAD TO THE THREAT OF
FLASH FLOODING.
* RAPID RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS, AS WELL AS FLOODING OF LOW-
LEVEL AREAS, MAY OCCUR, ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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