Short Term Forecast - Greater Caldwell (North Carolina)

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CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...
SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...
SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...
LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...
GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
1026 AM EST TUE JAN 6 2009

.NOW...
THROUGH NOON...A BROAD AREA OF RAIN AND FEW HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE TO FLOW ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA...AND INTO THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS. MOST OF THE RAIN IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE
WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 85...WITH THE RAIN AREA
PROGRESSING SLOWLY NORTHWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY
SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FROM INTERSTATE 85 WESTWARD TO THE MOUNTAIN
ESCARPMENT... WITH RAINFALL RATES NEAR A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH
PER HOUR. THESE HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADS AND MOTORIST SHOULD USE CAUTION. PATCHY FOG WILL CONTINUE IN
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE LATE
MORNING. ALSO SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE LATE MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON.
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