Friday, December 22, 2006
Heavy Rain Event for WNC
The Counties in Dark Green are under a Flood Watch:
There is also another system expected to hit the mountains on Christmas Day, this will likely be a mixed rain, sleet, ice, and snow event depending on your elevation. I will post more on that system as the forecasts stabilize.FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
350 AM EST FRI DEC 22 2006
...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY...
A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS NORTHWEST OF THE
REGION TODAY...WHILE ABUNDANT MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM
NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE ATLANTIC. THE
COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR
HEAVY...AND PERHAPS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA
TODAY. THE MOST LIKELY AREAS FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE ALONG
AND NEAR THE SOUTHEAST EXPOSURE OF THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT.
# posted by wnc : 1:31 AM
