FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 0700 FOR RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
428 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014
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428 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN RUTHERFORD AND
POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM EDT...
AT 421 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A BROAD AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS...WITH A FEW
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...COVERING MUCH OF POLK AND RUTHERFORD
COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL RATES...ESTIMATED AT ONE HALF TO ONE
INCH PER HOUR BY RADAR...WERE AFFECTING THE AREA FROM LAKE LURE TO
SHINGLE HOLLOW IN WESTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY. THIS AREA HAS ALREADY
RECEIVED FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER THIS MORNING...AND ANY
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING...OR WORSEN
EXISTING FLOODING CONDITIONS.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT ARE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLASH
FLOODING INCLUDE...LAKE LURE...SHINGLE HOLLOW...LAKE ADGER...AND
TRYON. FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM COLUMBUS TO GREEN HILL TO
THERMAL CITY. ANTIOCH ROAD WILL LIKELY BE FLOODED FROM CEDAR CREEK
JUST NORTHWEST OF SHINGLE HOLLOW. FLOODING IS ALSO QUITE LIKELY
ALONG COVE CREEK AND ALONG THE BROAD RIVER EAST OF LAKE LURE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO
RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...OR BY POSTING ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET IT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD
DESCRIBE THE EVENT AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED.
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Address/Location
Rutherford County Sheriff's Office
198 N Washington St
Rutherfordton, NC 28139
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 828-287-6247
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