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Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
108 PM EDT Tue Oct 1 2024


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Burke NC-Caldwell NC-McDowell NC-
108 PM EDT Tue Oct 1 2024

...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.

* WHERE...A portion of western North Carolina, including the 
  following counties, Burke, Caldwell and McDowell.

* WHEN...Until 700 PM EDT.

* IMPACTS...Several docks, access areas, swimming areas, and 
  low-lying residential yards are likely flooding.  Some 
  outbuildings, campgrounds, and roads may be impacted with shallow 
  flooding.  Residents are encouraged to heed guidance from local 
  officials and emergency management on any potential impacts to 
  property.  Drivers are encouraged to heed any barricades and avoid 
  all flooded areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 104 PM EDT, Lake levels are gradually receding below
    Minor Flood Stage following the devastating rainfall observed
    both from tropical moisture interacting with a stationary
    front and Hurricane Helene.  Approximately 6 to 25 (twenty-
    five) inches of rain fell from last Wednesday evening to
    early Friday afternoon from Lake Hickory to the Catawba River
    headwaters, with the highest totals exceeding 2 feet along
    the Blue Ridge Escarpment across the upper Catawba River
    watershed.  This resulted in catastrophic and historic
    inflows into Catawba River reservoirs, resulting in
    tragically devastating flooding along the Catawba River
    system from Marion to Lake James to Lake Rhodhiss and points
    downstream.
  - Some locations that will experience flooding include...
    Hickory, Morganton, Marion, Longview, Sawmills, Granite
    Falls, Valdese, Salem, Icard, Drexel, Connelly Springs,
    Rutherford College, Glen Alpine, Rhodhiss, Lake James State
    Park, Lake James, Lake Rhodhiss, Hickory Regional Airport,
    Lake Hickory and Oak Hill.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Please stay away from the area and allow first responders to perform 
their recovery efforts. Please obey all barricades which remain in 
place for your safety as numerous roadways have been compromised by 
flood waters and may not be safe. Emergency management is urging 
people who can stay home to do so. Discontinue inundating 911 
centers with non-emergency calls (for example, trees down). Please 
continue to heed all guidance from law enforcement and emergency 
management as they continue to work tirelessly to keep people safe. 
Do not attempt to drive through any flooded roadways, Turn Around, 
Don't Drown.

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LAT...LON 3583 8188 3577 8179 3584 8164 3581 8159
      3581 8146 3578 8135 3573 8139 3574 8143
      3574 8159 3571 8176 3572 8194 3568 8202
      3572 8206 3580 8191


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