Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued September 27 at 8:11PM EDT until September 28 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 27, 2024 - 5:11pm
Expires:
September 28, 2024 - 5:00am
Description:
FFWGSP
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Burke County in western North Carolina...
Caldwell County in western North Carolina...
McDowell County in western North Carolina...
* Until 800 AM EDT Saturday.
* At 811 PM EDT, emergency management officials are urging people to
shelter in place unless fleeing from flood waters. There are still
numerous impacts from earlier catastrophic flash flooding across
the warned area. Storm total rainfall between 7 and 20+ inches has
fallen. Numerous landslides have been reported in the more
mountainous parts of Burke, Caldwell, and McDowell counties.
Travel across the warned area remains extremely hazardous.
This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for MCDOWELL, BURKE, AND CALDWELL
COUNTIES. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding and landslides.
SOURCE...Emergency management reported.
IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. Do not
travel unless needing to seek higher ground or escape
flood waters. Life threatening flash flooding of low
water crossings, small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses is expected
to continue into the night.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Hickory, Lenoir, Morganton, Marion, Longview, Sawmills, Granite
Falls, Valdese, Gamewell, Bethlehem, Hudson, Salem, Icard, Cajah's
Mountain, Drexel, Hildebran, Connelly Springs, Blowing Rock In
Caldwell County, Rutherford College and Glen Alpine.
Instruction:
Move to higher ground now! This is an extremely dangerous and
life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are
fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.
Heavy rain is significantly increasing the risk of landslides,
especially in areas where slides have occurred in the past. Slides
can destroy single homes and other structures and large sections of
roads. If you are in the warned area, you should not travel, except
to move away from flash flood or landslide dangers. If you are in
the vicinity of a stream near the heavy rainfall, especially on a
mountainside, or at the base of a mountain or in a cove, move
immediately to a safer location.
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 toll free, 1, 800, 2 6 7, 8 1 0 1,
by posting on our Facebook page, or via X using hashtag NWSGSP. Your
message should describe the specific location where impacts occurred
and the depth of flooding observed.
Area Description:
Burke, NC; Caldwell, NC; McDowell, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC