I expect that the foothills will receive between 1.5-2.5 inches of rain, with isolated higher amounts. A few convective cells could develop, causing locally higher rainfall totals. If a line of storms are able to develop, rainfall could approach three inches in some areas. The only good news about this much rain is that the system will be moving very quickly. The system should be pushing out of the area by Wednesday evening.
After this storm, nice conditions are expected throughout the weekend. Temperatures Thursday will be in the upper 50s; however, that will be the end of the warm temperatures. Temperatures Friday through the weekend will struggle to reach the mid 40s and lows are expected to be in the low 20s.
Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 244 PM EST TUE JAN 10 2012 ...HEAVY RAINFALL TO AFFECT THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY LATE TODAY WILL TRACK NORTHEAST TOWARD THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOUTHEAST FLOW AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL ENHANCE RAINFALL TOTALS ALONG THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...POSSIBLY PRODUCING FLOODING. GAZ010-NCZ033-035-049-050-053-059-062>065-501>510-SCZ001>003- 111000- /O.NEW.KGSP.FA.A.0001.120111T0500Z-120112T0500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RABUN-AVERY-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-NORTHERN JACKSON- MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD- POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE... ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE... LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 244 PM EST TUE JAN 10 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...RABUN. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE... CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK... GREATER BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL...GREATER RUTHERFORD... HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON...MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS AND PICKENS MOUNTAINS. * FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TO WEST OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. SOUTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE WINDS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL ENHANCE PRECIPITATION ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND THE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. * THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. SOME OF THESE TRIBUTARIES COULD EXCEED BANKFULL AND FLOOD NEARBY ROADWAYS ON WEDNESDAY. FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS...ESPECIALLY THE UPPER REACHES OF THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. 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. && $$ GERAPETRITIS
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