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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
249 PM EST SAT MAR 5 2011

...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FROM THE
WEST TONIGHT...AND MOVE EAST OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY. A LOW PRESSURE
CENTER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE APPROACHING FRONT
TO ENHANCE RAINFALL IN THE SOUTHERN ESCARPMENT AREA NEAR THE
BORDER BETWEEN GEORGIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. LOCALLY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLOODING EARLY SUNDAY IN THIS AREA.


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RABUN-HABERSHAM-GRAHAM-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...FRANKLIN...
BREVARD
249 PM EST SAT MAR 5 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
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* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...HABERSHAM AND RABUN. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
GRAHAM...MACON...SOUTHERN JACKSON AND TRANSYLVANIA.

* THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON

* VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
COLD FRONT. RAINFALL RATES WILL BE MAXIMIZED DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS SUNDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVES UP THE
FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
WATCH AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

* RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL STEADILY RISE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS
AND LIKELY APPROACH BANKFULL IN MANY LOCATIONS EARLY SUNDAY. IF
THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DEVELOPS...FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS
MAY OCCUR TOWARD DAYBREAK SUNDAY...WITH FLOODING OF LARGER
RIVERS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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