NWS Flash Flood Watch (Avery County)

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Flash Flood Watch issued August 01 at 2:54AM EDT until August 01 at 12:00PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT... .MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM CROSSES FROM THE WEST. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE AREA...INCREASING THE CHANCE OF FLASH FLOODING. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...ELBERT...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HART... RABUN AND STEPHENS. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL... EASTERN POLK...GREATER BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL... 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... ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...GREATER GREENVILLE...GREATER OCONEE... GREATER PICKENS...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...GREENWOOD... LAURENS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS...PICKENS MOUNTAINS AND SPARTANBURG. * UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY. * MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW AND A STATIONARY BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR PROLONGED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONALLY...EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS. * WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE IN STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. POORLY DRAINED URBAN AREAS...AND LOW LYING AREAS NEAR STREAMS AND CREEKS...WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA WILL HAVE A HIGHER CHANCE OF FLOODING DUE TO ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD ALSO BECOME MORE CONTINUOUS ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE LATER THIS MORNING.

Counties Affected:
Avery; Buncombe; Burke Mountains; Caldwell Mountains; Eastern McDowell; Eastern Polk; Graham; Greater Burke; Greater Caldwell; Greater Rutherford; Haywood; Henderson; Macon; Madison; McDowell Mountains; Mitchell; Northern Jackson; Polk Mountains; Rutherford Mountains; Southern Jackson; Swain; Transylvania; Yancey

Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg (Western North Carolina and Northwest South Carolina)
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