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
1232 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009

.NOW...
THROUGH 3 PM...A BROAD AREA OF RAIN AND FEW HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON.
THE HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL BE CONCENTRATED OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS DURING THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS OVER THE
UPSTATE AND MOST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL DIMINISH FOR THE
AFTERNOON...WITH MAINLY LIGHT RAIN AND FEW MODERATE SHOWERS...AND
MOST OCCURRING ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 85.

RAINFALL RATES WILL RANGE FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH PER HOUR
OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...AND UP TO HALF
AN INCH AN HOUR IN SOME AREAS. RAINFALL WILL BE LESS IN NORTHEAST
GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE DURING THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...RAINFALL
WILL INCREASE AGAIN AND SPREAD EAST TONIGHT.
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