- Flash Flood Watch for Stephens County, Georgia
- Flash Flood Watch issued June 10 at 4:18AM EDT until June 10 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS
- Effective: Monday, June 10, 2013 at 4:18 a.m.
- Expires: Monday, June 10, 2013 at 6 p.m.
...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...
.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT APPROACHING
THE REGION FROM THE WEST WILL TRIGGER ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA
TODAY. WITH SATURATED GROUND FROM RECENT RAINFALL...AS WELL AS
HIGHLY ELEVATED RIVERS AND STREAMS...ANY THUNDERSTORMS COULD
PRODUCE ENOUGH RAIN OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO CAUSE STREAMS
AND CREEKS TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING
SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST.
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...ELBERT...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HART...RABUN AND
STEPHENS. IN NORTH CAROLINA...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE
MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...CABARRUS...
CATAWBA...CLEVELAND...DAVIE...EASTERN MCDOWELL...EASTERN
POLK...GREATER BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL...GREATER RUTHERFORD...
GASTON...GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON... IREDELL...LINCOLN...
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON... MECKLENBURG...
MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS... RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS...ROWAN...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN... TRANSYLVANIA...
UNION NC AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...ABBEVILLE...
ANDERSON...CHEROKEE...CHESTER... GREATER GREENVILLE...GREATER
OCONEE...GREATER PICKENS... GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...GREENWOOD...
LAURENS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS...PICKENS MOUNTAINS...SPARTANBURG...
UNION SC AND YORK.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
* SATURATED GROUND...A VERY MOIST AIR MASS...AND ELEVATED RIVER
AND STREAM LEVELS ARE SETTING THE STAGE FOR A GREATER POTENTIAL
FOR FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY MAY PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH RAIN
FALLING AT THE RATE OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR.
* ANY SUSTAINED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF AREA
STREAMS AND CREEKS. AREA RIVERS WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO RISE
RAPIDLY... WITH SOME RIVER FLOODING POSSIBLE THROUGH EVENING.
EVEN AWAY FROM STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES...DEEP PONDING OF WATER
IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY BE SERIOUS ENOUGH TO
POSE A RISK TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.