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Flood Warning

Henderson (North Carolina)

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
755 AM EST SUN FEB 7 2010
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...
FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT BLANTYRE AFFECTING HENDERSON AND TRANSYLVANIA
COUNTIES.
.RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN HAS WORKED ITS WAY FURTHER
DOWNSTREAM THUS...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL SLOWLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVER BANKS...
KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM DRAINAGE AREAS AND CULVERTS.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVER FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED AND
FORECAST RAINFALL. IF ACTUAL RAINFALL VARIES FROM THE FORECAST
VALUES...THE RIVER STAGE WILL VARY ACCORDINGLY.
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755 AM EST SUN FEB 7 2010
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT BLANTYRE.
* AT  7:30 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 16.5 FEET...FARMFIELDS AND A TREE FARM NEAR THE RIVER WILL
HAVE ABOUT A FOOT OF WATER IN THEM.
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Flood Advisory

Iredell (North Carolina)

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
729 PM EST SAT FEB 6 2010
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CATAWBA NC-ALEXANDER NC-IREDELL NC-
729 PM EST SAT FEB 6 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CATAWBA COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CENTRAL ALEXANDER COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH
CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 730 PM EST SUNDAY
* AT 726 PM EST...RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS RAIN HAS LEAD TO HIGHER THAN
NORMAL LAKE LEVELS ON A PORTION OF THE CATAWBA RIVER. THIS WILL
CAUSE FLOODING ALONG LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE SHORE
LINE IN THE POOL OF LOOKOUT SHOALS...AND JUST BELOW THE DAM. THOSE
LIVING ALONG THE LAKE...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN CARPENTERS COVE...OR ON
STREAMS THAT FEED INTO THE LAKE...ARE ENCOURAGED TO KEEP AN EYE ON
WATER LEVELS AND TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY AND
BOATS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER
SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL
FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3584 8119 3583 8113 3576 8106 3574 8111
3581 8119
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