985 FPUS72 KGSP 221148 NOWGSP SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 748 AM EDT FRI APR 22 2011 NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-068>072-082-501>510-221430- AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN- HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL- BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL- RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS- EASTERN POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE... SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE... HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD... HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE... CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE... RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS 748 AM EDT FRI APR 22 2011 .NOW... THROUGH 10 AM...A BROAD AREA OF RAIN WITH FEW MODERATE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE PIEDMONT. RAINFALL WILL BE LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH IN MOST AREAS THROUGH THE MID MORNING. $$ GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-SCZ001>014-019-221430- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK- ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA... HARTWELL...ELBERTON...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY... ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER... GREENWOOD 748 AM EDT FRI APR 22 2011 .NOW... SHOWERS AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND ACROSS THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING. RAINFALL WILL RANGE FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH IN MOST AREAS. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS AND FEW HEAVY SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE AMOUNTS FROM A HALF TO NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN IN A FEW LOCATIONS. THE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVIER RAIN SHOULD REMAIN MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85...MOVING FROM NEAR ABBEVILLE AND GREENWOOD NORTHEAST TOWARD UNION...CHESTER AND ROCK HILL BY THE MID TO LATE MORNING. LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. $$