Flood Advisory for Cleveland County

Cleveland County in the piedmont of North Carolina WHEN...Until 830 AM EDT. IMPACTS...Nuisance flooding of low-lying areas adjacent to streams and other poor-drainage areas, including farmland, parks, greenways, boat-access areas, golf courses, underpasses, and parking lots. Isolated, shallow flows over roadways is possible. A few flood-prone, low-water crossings may become impassible. A small culvert washout or two is possible. ADDITIONAL DETAILS - At 224 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a several rounds of torrential rainfall are moving through Cleveland County, with additional cells of moderate rainfall moving into the county from the south. This rainfall is occurring on top of saturated soils due to a prolonged period of light to moderate showers that have occurred over the county since yesterday morning. Widespread, storm-total rainfall of the 1.5-3.5 inches fell yesterday, with the highest totals near the Rutherford County line. The rainfall has accumulated steadily, allowing soils to slowly saturate and runoff to slowly increase, resulting in steady rises in small streams. However, this current period of torrential rainfall may cause more rapid rises to develop, especially in the city of Shelby, along Sandy Run near Mooresboro Rd, and along Ashworth Creek near McCraw Rd. Isolated out-of-bank conditions impacting low-lying areas adjacent to streams are likely to develop over the next 1-3 hours. - Additional rounds of showers and thunderstorms may develop between 4am and 9am this morning. These showers and storms will be very efficient at producing heavy rainfall. Soils are saturated and streams are swollen. Therefore, additional heavy rain may quickly create new areas of flooding and cause previous areas of flooding to redevelop. As a result, Flash Flood Warnings may be issued tonight. Caution is advised near any stream or other vulnerable area. Seek higher ground immediately if heavy rain develops. Please have a plan in place should flash flooding develop and do not hesitate to act. Please heed all evacuation orders from Emergency Management officials. - Some locations that may experience flooding include Shelby, Kings Mountain, Boiling Springs NC, Belwood, Grover, Lawndale, Patterson Springs, Fallston, Polkville, and Lattimore. -