***SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT***
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
609 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013
...HEAVY SHOWERS AND STRONGER WINDS TO PICK UP ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THROUGH 8 AM EST...
AT 610 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST OUT OF NORTHERN GEORGIA INTO THE SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES AROUND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR WITH THESE SHOWERS. THE RAINFALL MAY BECOME PERSISTENT ENOUGH IN THE SOUTHERLY UPSLOPE AREAS TO CREATE RAPID STREAM RISES IN THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH 8 AM. IN ADDITION...THE SHOWERS MAY MIX DOWN STRONGER WINDS ALOFT...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DEVELOPING AT TIMES.
IF THE SHOWERS CONTINUE AT THESE RATE...AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE MAY BEGIN TO FLOOD BY MID MORNING. KEEP AN EYE ON WATER LEVELS AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ANY FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE GUSTY WINDS MAY START TO BRING DOWN SOME TREE BRANCHES...AND POSSIBLY SOME WEAKLY ROOTED TREES EARLY THIS MORNING. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FALLING OR FALLEN TREES IF YOU MUST TRAVEL THIS MORNING.
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