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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1039 PM EDT SAT OCT 10 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 445 AM EDT SUNDAY.
* AT 1039 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN, WITH ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE
WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY. RAPID RISES SHOULD BE EXPECTED ON AREA CREEKS AND
STREAMS, INCLUDING ALONG CLEGHORN CREEK IN RUTHERFORDTON, FLOYDS
CREEK NEAR FOREST CITY, AND MOUNTAIN CREEK NEAR GREEN HILL.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
FOREST CITY, RUTHERFORDTON, SPINDALE, ELLENBORO, BOSTIC, SOUTH
MOUNTAINS STATE PARK, ALEXANDER MILLS, SUNSHINE, UNION MILLS AND
CAROLEEN.
ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
NEXT FEW HOURS AND THE THREAT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS ON SUNDAY. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE VERY EFFICIENT AT
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING
ACROSS THE AREA. CAUTION IS ADVISED NEAR ANY STREAM OR OTHER
VULNERABLE AREA. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF HEAVY RAIN
DEVELOPS. PLEASE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE SHOULD YOU EXPERIENCE FLASH
FLOODING AND DO NOT HESITATE TO ACT. PLEASE HEED ALL EVACUATION
ORDERS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ONLY WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO, PLEASE REPORT FLOODING OR LANDSLIDES
THREATENING ROADS OR PROPERTY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG BY CALLING 1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1, BY
POSTING ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, OR BY POSTING ON X USING HASHTAG
NWSGSP. YOUR MESSAGE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE SPECIFIC LOCATION, ADDRESS,
OR INTERSECTION WHERE IMPACTS OCCURRED AND THE DEPTH OF FLOODING
OBSERVED.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3519 8196 3524 8195 3529 8199 3538 8210
3551 8206 3554 8206 3554 8203 3555 8200
3552 8197 3554 8184 3558 8182 3557 8180
3559 8179 3559 8177 3561 8175 3561 8172
3558 8171 3558 8169 3536 8171 3518 8177
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
TDP
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