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Flood Watch - Avery (North Carolina)
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...MARION...
LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
1109 AM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...RABUN AND STEPHENS.
IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BUNCOMBE...EASTERN
MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GREATER RUTHERFORD...GRAHAM...
HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...
MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND
YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER
PICKENS...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS AND PICKENS
MOUNTAINS.
* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS OVER
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE
WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS
LIKELY IN THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AS MUCH AS TWO OR THREE
INCHES OVER THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA. AS THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND MANY RIVERS AND
STREAMS HAVE HIGH WATER LEVELS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING THAT COULD DEVELOP QUICKLY.
* SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. WHILE
FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD...HEAVIER
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL RESULT IN A FEW AREAS OF
RAPID ONSET FLOODING.
* THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM MACON COUNTY TO
HENDERSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA HAS INCREASED THE RISK OF SLOPE
FAILURES AND LANDSLIDES IF MORE HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL TWO OR THREE
INCHES...IF IT FALLS IN A PERIOD OF ONE OR TWO HOURS...COULD BE
ENOUGH TO TRIGGER SLOPE MOVEMENTS...ESPECIALLY WHERE HILLSIDES
HAVE BEEN MODIFIED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...MARION...
LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
1109 AM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...RABUN AND STEPHENS.
IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BUNCOMBE...EASTERN
MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GREATER RUTHERFORD...GRAHAM...
HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...
MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND
YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER
PICKENS...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS AND PICKENS
MOUNTAINS.
* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS OVER
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE
WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS
LIKELY IN THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AS MUCH AS TWO OR THREE
INCHES OVER THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA. AS THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND MANY RIVERS AND
STREAMS HAVE HIGH WATER LEVELS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING THAT COULD DEVELOP QUICKLY.
* SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. WHILE
FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD...HEAVIER
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL RESULT IN A FEW AREAS OF
RAPID ONSET FLOODING.
* THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM MACON COUNTY TO
HENDERSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA HAS INCREASED THE RISK OF SLOPE
FAILURES AND LANDSLIDES IF MORE HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL TWO OR THREE
INCHES...IF IT FALLS IN A PERIOD OF ONE OR TWO HOURS...COULD BE
ENOUGH TO TRIGGER SLOPE MOVEMENTS...ESPECIALLY WHERE HILLSIDES
HAVE BEEN MODIFIED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
Short Term Forecast - Avery (North Carolina)
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...
RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...GREENWOOD
106 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
.NOW...
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS
OF THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE CORRIDOR OF HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUES TO TRACK FROM THE ATLANTA AREA TO ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TO HIGHLANDS TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS IN
NORTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND A HALF INCH IN AN HOUR
WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND THIS WILL ADD TO THE FLOOD
POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. ALL RAIN IS MOVING
TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...
RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...GREENWOOD
106 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
.NOW...
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS
OF THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE CORRIDOR OF HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUES TO TRACK FROM THE ATLANTA AREA TO ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TO HIGHLANDS TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS IN
NORTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND A HALF INCH IN AN HOUR
WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND THIS WILL ADD TO THE FLOOD
POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. ALL RAIN IS MOVING
TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
Flood Watch - Buncombe (North Carolina)
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...MARION...
LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
1109 AM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...RABUN AND STEPHENS.
IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BUNCOMBE...EASTERN
MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GREATER RUTHERFORD...GRAHAM...
HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...
MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND
YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER
PICKENS...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS AND PICKENS
MOUNTAINS.
* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS OVER
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE
WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS
LIKELY IN THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AS MUCH AS TWO OR THREE
INCHES OVER THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA. AS THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND MANY RIVERS AND
STREAMS HAVE HIGH WATER LEVELS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING THAT COULD DEVELOP QUICKLY.
* SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. WHILE
FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD...HEAVIER
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL RESULT IN A FEW AREAS OF
RAPID ONSET FLOODING.
* THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM MACON COUNTY TO
HENDERSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA HAS INCREASED THE RISK OF SLOPE
FAILURES AND LANDSLIDES IF MORE HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL TWO OR THREE
INCHES...IF IT FALLS IN A PERIOD OF ONE OR TWO HOURS...COULD BE
ENOUGH TO TRIGGER SLOPE MOVEMENTS...ESPECIALLY WHERE HILLSIDES
HAVE BEEN MODIFIED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...MARION...
LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
1109 AM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...RABUN AND STEPHENS.
IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BUNCOMBE...EASTERN
MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GREATER RUTHERFORD...GRAHAM...
HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...
MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND
YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER
PICKENS...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS AND PICKENS
MOUNTAINS.
* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS OVER
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE
WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS
LIKELY IN THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AS MUCH AS TWO OR THREE
INCHES OVER THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA. AS THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND MANY RIVERS AND
STREAMS HAVE HIGH WATER LEVELS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING THAT COULD DEVELOP QUICKLY.
* SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. WHILE
FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD...HEAVIER
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL RESULT IN A FEW AREAS OF
RAPID ONSET FLOODING.
* THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM MACON COUNTY TO
HENDERSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA HAS INCREASED THE RISK OF SLOPE
FAILURES AND LANDSLIDES IF MORE HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL TWO OR THREE
INCHES...IF IT FALLS IN A PERIOD OF ONE OR TWO HOURS...COULD BE
ENOUGH TO TRIGGER SLOPE MOVEMENTS...ESPECIALLY WHERE HILLSIDES
HAVE BEEN MODIFIED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
Short Term Forecast - Buncombe (North Carolina)
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...
RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...GREENWOOD
106 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
.NOW...
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS
OF THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE CORRIDOR OF HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUES TO TRACK FROM THE ATLANTA AREA TO ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TO HIGHLANDS TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS IN
NORTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND A HALF INCH IN AN HOUR
WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND THIS WILL ADD TO THE FLOOD
POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. ALL RAIN IS MOVING
TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...
RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...GREENWOOD
106 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
.NOW...
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS
OF THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE CORRIDOR OF HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUES TO TRACK FROM THE ATLANTA AREA TO ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TO HIGHLANDS TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS IN
NORTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND A HALF INCH IN AN HOUR
WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND THIS WILL ADD TO THE FLOOD
POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. ALL RAIN IS MOVING
TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
Short Term Forecast - Greater Caldwell (North Carolina)
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...
RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...GREENWOOD
106 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
.NOW...
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS
OF THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE CORRIDOR OF HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUES TO TRACK FROM THE ATLANTA AREA TO ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TO HIGHLANDS TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS IN
NORTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND A HALF INCH IN AN HOUR
WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND THIS WILL ADD TO THE FLOOD
POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. ALL RAIN IS MOVING
TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...
RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...GREENWOOD
106 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
.NOW...
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS
OF THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE CORRIDOR OF HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUES TO TRACK FROM THE ATLANTA AREA TO ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TO HIGHLANDS TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS IN
NORTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND A HALF INCH IN AN HOUR
WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND THIS WILL ADD TO THE FLOOD
POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. ALL RAIN IS MOVING
TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
Flood Watch - Mitchell (North Carolina)
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...MARION...
LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
1109 AM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...RABUN AND STEPHENS.
IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BUNCOMBE...EASTERN
MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GREATER RUTHERFORD...GRAHAM...
HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...
MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND
YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER
PICKENS...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS AND PICKENS
MOUNTAINS.
* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS OVER
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE
WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS
LIKELY IN THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AS MUCH AS TWO OR THREE
INCHES OVER THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA. AS THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND MANY RIVERS AND
STREAMS HAVE HIGH WATER LEVELS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING THAT COULD DEVELOP QUICKLY.
* SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. WHILE
FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD...HEAVIER
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL RESULT IN A FEW AREAS OF
RAPID ONSET FLOODING.
* THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM MACON COUNTY TO
HENDERSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA HAS INCREASED THE RISK OF SLOPE
FAILURES AND LANDSLIDES IF MORE HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL TWO OR THREE
INCHES...IF IT FALLS IN A PERIOD OF ONE OR TWO HOURS...COULD BE
ENOUGH TO TRIGGER SLOPE MOVEMENTS...ESPECIALLY WHERE HILLSIDES
HAVE BEEN MODIFIED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...MARION...
LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
1109 AM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...RABUN AND STEPHENS.
IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BUNCOMBE...EASTERN
MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GREATER RUTHERFORD...GRAHAM...
HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...
MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND
YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER
PICKENS...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS AND PICKENS
MOUNTAINS.
* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS OVER
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE
WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS
LIKELY IN THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AS MUCH AS TWO OR THREE
INCHES OVER THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA. AS THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND MANY RIVERS AND
STREAMS HAVE HIGH WATER LEVELS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING THAT COULD DEVELOP QUICKLY.
* SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. WHILE
FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD...HEAVIER
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL RESULT IN A FEW AREAS OF
RAPID ONSET FLOODING.
* THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM MACON COUNTY TO
HENDERSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA HAS INCREASED THE RISK OF SLOPE
FAILURES AND LANDSLIDES IF MORE HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL TWO OR THREE
INCHES...IF IT FALLS IN A PERIOD OF ONE OR TWO HOURS...COULD BE
ENOUGH TO TRIGGER SLOPE MOVEMENTS...ESPECIALLY WHERE HILLSIDES
HAVE BEEN MODIFIED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
Short Term Forecast - Mitchell (North Carolina)
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...
RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...GREENWOOD
106 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
.NOW...
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS
OF THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE CORRIDOR OF HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUES TO TRACK FROM THE ATLANTA AREA TO ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TO HIGHLANDS TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS IN
NORTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND A HALF INCH IN AN HOUR
WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND THIS WILL ADD TO THE FLOOD
POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. ALL RAIN IS MOVING
TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...
RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...GREENWOOD
106 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
.NOW...
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS
OF THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE CORRIDOR OF HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUES TO TRACK FROM THE ATLANTA AREA TO ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TO HIGHLANDS TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS IN
NORTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND A HALF INCH IN AN HOUR
WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND THIS WILL ADD TO THE FLOOD
POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. ALL RAIN IS MOVING
TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
Flood Watch - Madison (North Carolina)
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...MARION...
LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
1109 AM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...RABUN AND STEPHENS.
IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BUNCOMBE...EASTERN
MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GREATER RUTHERFORD...GRAHAM...
HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...
MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND
YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER
PICKENS...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS AND PICKENS
MOUNTAINS.
* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS OVER
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE
WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS
LIKELY IN THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AS MUCH AS TWO OR THREE
INCHES OVER THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA. AS THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND MANY RIVERS AND
STREAMS HAVE HIGH WATER LEVELS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING THAT COULD DEVELOP QUICKLY.
* SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. WHILE
FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD...HEAVIER
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL RESULT IN A FEW AREAS OF
RAPID ONSET FLOODING.
* THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM MACON COUNTY TO
HENDERSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA HAS INCREASED THE RISK OF SLOPE
FAILURES AND LANDSLIDES IF MORE HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL TWO OR THREE
INCHES...IF IT FALLS IN A PERIOD OF ONE OR TWO HOURS...COULD BE
ENOUGH TO TRIGGER SLOPE MOVEMENTS...ESPECIALLY WHERE HILLSIDES
HAVE BEEN MODIFIED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...MARION...
LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
1109 AM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...RABUN AND STEPHENS.
IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BUNCOMBE...EASTERN
MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GREATER RUTHERFORD...GRAHAM...
HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...
MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND
YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER
PICKENS...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS AND PICKENS
MOUNTAINS.
* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS OVER
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE
WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS
LIKELY IN THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AS MUCH AS TWO OR THREE
INCHES OVER THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA. AS THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND MANY RIVERS AND
STREAMS HAVE HIGH WATER LEVELS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING THAT COULD DEVELOP QUICKLY.
* SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. WHILE
FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD...HEAVIER
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL RESULT IN A FEW AREAS OF
RAPID ONSET FLOODING.
* THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM MACON COUNTY TO
HENDERSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA HAS INCREASED THE RISK OF SLOPE
FAILURES AND LANDSLIDES IF MORE HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL TWO OR THREE
INCHES...IF IT FALLS IN A PERIOD OF ONE OR TWO HOURS...COULD BE
ENOUGH TO TRIGGER SLOPE MOVEMENTS...ESPECIALLY WHERE HILLSIDES
HAVE BEEN MODIFIED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
Short Term Forecast - Madison (North Carolina)
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...
RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...GREENWOOD
106 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
.NOW...
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS
OF THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE CORRIDOR OF HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUES TO TRACK FROM THE ATLANTA AREA TO ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TO HIGHLANDS TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS IN
NORTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND A HALF INCH IN AN HOUR
WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND THIS WILL ADD TO THE FLOOD
POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. ALL RAIN IS MOVING
TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...
RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...GREENWOOD
106 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
.NOW...
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS
OF THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE CORRIDOR OF HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUES TO TRACK FROM THE ATLANTA AREA TO ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TO HIGHLANDS TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS IN
NORTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND A HALF INCH IN AN HOUR
WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND THIS WILL ADD TO THE FLOOD
POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. ALL RAIN IS MOVING
TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
Flood Watch - Yancey (North Carolina)
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...MARION...
LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
1109 AM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...RABUN AND STEPHENS.
IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BUNCOMBE...EASTERN
MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GREATER RUTHERFORD...GRAHAM...
HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...
MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND
YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER
PICKENS...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS AND PICKENS
MOUNTAINS.
* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS OVER
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE
WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS
LIKELY IN THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AS MUCH AS TWO OR THREE
INCHES OVER THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA. AS THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND MANY RIVERS AND
STREAMS HAVE HIGH WATER LEVELS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING THAT COULD DEVELOP QUICKLY.
* SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. WHILE
FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD...HEAVIER
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL RESULT IN A FEW AREAS OF
RAPID ONSET FLOODING.
* THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM MACON COUNTY TO
HENDERSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA HAS INCREASED THE RISK OF SLOPE
FAILURES AND LANDSLIDES IF MORE HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL TWO OR THREE
INCHES...IF IT FALLS IN A PERIOD OF ONE OR TWO HOURS...COULD BE
ENOUGH TO TRIGGER SLOPE MOVEMENTS...ESPECIALLY WHERE HILLSIDES
HAVE BEEN MODIFIED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...MARION...
LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
1109 AM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...RABUN AND STEPHENS.
IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BUNCOMBE...EASTERN
MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GREATER RUTHERFORD...GRAHAM...
HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...
MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND
YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER
PICKENS...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS AND PICKENS
MOUNTAINS.
* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS OVER
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE
WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS
LIKELY IN THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AS MUCH AS TWO OR THREE
INCHES OVER THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA. AS THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND MANY RIVERS AND
STREAMS HAVE HIGH WATER LEVELS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING THAT COULD DEVELOP QUICKLY.
* SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. WHILE
FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD...HEAVIER
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL RESULT IN A FEW AREAS OF
RAPID ONSET FLOODING.
* THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM MACON COUNTY TO
HENDERSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA HAS INCREASED THE RISK OF SLOPE
FAILURES AND LANDSLIDES IF MORE HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL TWO OR THREE
INCHES...IF IT FALLS IN A PERIOD OF ONE OR TWO HOURS...COULD BE
ENOUGH TO TRIGGER SLOPE MOVEMENTS...ESPECIALLY WHERE HILLSIDES
HAVE BEEN MODIFIED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
Short Term Forecast - Yancey (North Carolina)
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...
RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...GREENWOOD
106 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
.NOW...
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS
OF THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE CORRIDOR OF HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUES TO TRACK FROM THE ATLANTA AREA TO ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TO HIGHLANDS TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS IN
NORTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND A HALF INCH IN AN HOUR
WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND THIS WILL ADD TO THE FLOOD
POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. ALL RAIN IS MOVING
TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...
RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...GREENWOOD
106 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
.NOW...
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS
OF THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE CORRIDOR OF HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUES TO TRACK FROM THE ATLANTA AREA TO ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TO HIGHLANDS TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS IN
NORTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND A HALF INCH IN AN HOUR
WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND THIS WILL ADD TO THE FLOOD
POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. ALL RAIN IS MOVING
TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
Flood Watch - Haywood (North Carolina)
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...MARION...
LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
1109 AM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...RABUN AND STEPHENS.
IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BUNCOMBE...EASTERN
MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GREATER RUTHERFORD...GRAHAM...
HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...
MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND
YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER
PICKENS...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS AND PICKENS
MOUNTAINS.
* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS OVER
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE
WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS
LIKELY IN THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AS MUCH AS TWO OR THREE
INCHES OVER THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA. AS THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND MANY RIVERS AND
STREAMS HAVE HIGH WATER LEVELS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING THAT COULD DEVELOP QUICKLY.
* SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. WHILE
FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD...HEAVIER
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL RESULT IN A FEW AREAS OF
RAPID ONSET FLOODING.
* THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM MACON COUNTY TO
HENDERSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA HAS INCREASED THE RISK OF SLOPE
FAILURES AND LANDSLIDES IF MORE HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL TWO OR THREE
INCHES...IF IT FALLS IN A PERIOD OF ONE OR TWO HOURS...COULD BE
ENOUGH TO TRIGGER SLOPE MOVEMENTS...ESPECIALLY WHERE HILLSIDES
HAVE BEEN MODIFIED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...MARION...
LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
1109 AM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...RABUN AND STEPHENS.
IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BUNCOMBE...EASTERN
MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GREATER RUTHERFORD...GRAHAM...
HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...
MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD
MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND
YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER
PICKENS...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS AND PICKENS
MOUNTAINS.
* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS OVER
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS...
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE
WESTERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS
LIKELY IN THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AS MUCH AS TWO OR THREE
INCHES OVER THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA. AS THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND MANY RIVERS AND
STREAMS HAVE HIGH WATER LEVELS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING THAT COULD DEVELOP QUICKLY.
* SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. WHILE
FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD...HEAVIER
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL RESULT IN A FEW AREAS OF
RAPID ONSET FLOODING.
* THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM MACON COUNTY TO
HENDERSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA HAS INCREASED THE RISK OF SLOPE
FAILURES AND LANDSLIDES IF MORE HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL TWO OR THREE
INCHES...IF IT FALLS IN A PERIOD OF ONE OR TWO HOURS...COULD BE
ENOUGH TO TRIGGER SLOPE MOVEMENTS...ESPECIALLY WHERE HILLSIDES
HAVE BEEN MODIFIED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
Short Term Forecast - Haywood (North Carolina)
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...
RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...GREENWOOD
106 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
.NOW...
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS
OF THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE CORRIDOR OF HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUES TO TRACK FROM THE ATLANTA AREA TO ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TO HIGHLANDS TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS IN
NORTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND A HALF INCH IN AN HOUR
WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND THIS WILL ADD TO THE FLOOD
POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. ALL RAIN IS MOVING
TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...
RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...SPARTANBURG...ANDERSON...
ABBEVILLE...LAURENS...GREENWOOD
106 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2009
.NOW...
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS
OF THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE CORRIDOR OF HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUES TO TRACK FROM THE ATLANTA AREA TO ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TO HIGHLANDS TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS IN
NORTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND A HALF INCH IN AN HOUR
WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND THIS WILL ADD TO THE FLOOD
POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. ALL RAIN IS MOVING
TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
