The National Weather Service is calling for prolonged heavy rain for the Martinsville region as the hurricane and the nor’easter merges to produce widespread heavy rain from early Friday morning through Saturday night.
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A coastal flood advisory has been issued through 6 a.m. tomorrow by the National Weather Service, with a coastal flood watch in effect until tomorrow afternoon, according to a Riverhead Police Department news release.
Thursday’s flooding and closures were centred in Spartanburg County, including part of Interstate 85 Business just north of Spartanburg. A total of 1 to 2 inches of rain is expected with this event.
A few flooding was seen on Central Avenue, Western Avenue where an eel was reportedly washed up in Stuyvesant Plaza, and in the town of Colonie, where a state of emergency was issued in the West Albany Fire District due to torrential rain and extensive flooding, officials said. The initial threat of flooding will be low-lying, flood-prone areas.
Showers were expected to end overnight, leaving Thursday as a partly sunny day with a high near 58 and Thursday night as mostly cloudy with temperatures in the 40s, according to the National Weather Service.
“Confidence in the details of the track forecast late in the period remains very low, since the environmental steering currents are complex and not being handled in a consistent manner by the models”.
Lee said the same thing. It now looks like it will be Tuesday before sunshine and dry weather finally returns. “There is a big spread in the guidance”. The extreme were 94 and 43.
The National Weather Service says heavy rains and flooding are a danger in North Carolina this weekend.
Meanwhile, an upper level low centered along the Mississippi Valley will continue bringing heavy rain across the Southeast and southern/central Appalachians Wednesday. Plus, days of rain could saturate roots, making trees easier to topple in gusty winds. The promise of much, much more rain over the next week has caused NYC’s Flash Flood Emergency Plan to be activated.
John P. Melville, commissioner of the state’s Homeland Security and Emergency Services recommended residents prepare for the storm.
The ship lost propulsion and began listing and taking on water, the Coast Guard said.
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