Barber Weather - Warnings / Advisories

FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 234 PM EDT THU SEP 04 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CABARRUS...DAVIE...IREDELL...
  MECKLENBURG...ROWAN AND UNION NC.
* FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON
* TROPICAL STORM HANNA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE
  UPPER SOUTH CAROLILNA COAST EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THEN MOVE
  NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE DAY. WITH THE
  STORM MOVING A LITTLE FARTHER WEST THAN ORIGINALLY
  ANTICIPATED...THE BACK EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD IS NOW
  EXPECTED TO AFFECT AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF I-77. RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AERA. AS THE
  CHARLOTTE METRO AREA RECENTLY SAW VERY HEAVY FAIN...SOILS REMAIN
  MOIST...AND FLASHING FLOODING COULD DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM ONLY A
  FEW INCHES OF RAIN.
* BOTH URBAN FLOODING AND FLOODING OF STREAMS IN MORE RURAL AREAS
  IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
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.
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