Full Notification

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
710 AM EDT THU OCT 11 2018

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL NOON EDT.

* AT 707 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES WERE 
  SHOWING THAT ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS 
  THE WARNED AREA SINCE LAST NIGHT.  ADDITIONAL AND OCCASIONALLY 
  HEAVY TROPICAL RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO 
  THE REGION THIS MORNING. REDEVELOPING HIGH WATER CONDITIONS AND 
  FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT THE HEADWATERS OF THE 
  CATAWBA RIVER ARE EXPECTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF LANDSLIDES,
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE SLIDES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST. BE
ESPECIALLY ALERT IF YOU ARE NEAR A STREAM, ESPECIALLY AT THE BASE OF
A MOUNTAIN OR IN A COVE. WATCH FOR LOOSE-MOVING SOIL AND ROCKS OR A
SUDDEN INCREASE IN STREAMFLOW. LEAVE THE AREA QUICKLY IF THIS IS
OBSERVED. WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP OR
ROCKY, WATCH AND LISTEN FOR FALLING ROCKS, MUD, TREES AND OTHER
DEBRIS.