Flash Flood Warning 09/28/2024 16:59 for North Carolina areas

FFWGSP The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for... A Dam Floodgate Release in... Northeastern Gaston County in the piedmont of North Carolina... Northwestern Mecklenburg County in the piedmont of North Carolina... * Until 230 AM EDT Sunday. * At 759 PM EDT, Devastating rainfall of 6-25 (twenty-five) inches occurred from Wednesday evening through Friday morning 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 is resulting in catastrophic and historic inflows into Catawba River reservoirs and this water is being moved through the system to Mountain Island Lake and points downstream. Mountain Island Lake is currently at 107.7 feet and rising steadily. Full pool is 100.0 feet. Major Flood Stage is 105.5 feet. These lake levels will continue to cause unprecedented, catastrophic flooding of Mountain Island Lake and adjacent reaches of the Catawba River, especially downstream of Mountain Island Dam. This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Mountain Island Lake and Communities Downstream of Mountain Island Lake Dam. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding from a dam floodgate release. SOURCE...Duke Energy and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! IMMEDIATE EVACUATION for areas along the river immediately downstream of the dam. * Caution is advised anywhere near the Catawba River from Cowans Ford Dam to the Lake Wylie inlet. This includes the following streams and drainages... Dutchmans Creek, Johnson Creek, trib to Catawba river, Trib to Lake Norman, Fites creek, Gar Creek, McDowell Creek, Long Creek, Paw Creek and Catawba River. Flooding is occurring along the Catawba River.