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Flash Flood Watch - Avery (North Carolina)
HIDE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS EVENING OVER WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA AND THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA...
.THE REMNANTS OF FAY WILL REMAIN STALLED OVER WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA TONIGHT. WHILE THE LOW IS GRADUALLY WEAKENING...THE
POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR FLOODING RAINFALL AS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP OVER THE REGION DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
THE GREATEST FLOODING THREAT WILL BE OVER THE I-77 CORRIDOR. THIS
AREA...INCLUDING ROCK HILL...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD AND SALISBURY
SAW WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES OVER THE PAST
FEW DAYS. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
IN THIS AREA.
NCZ033-035>037-049-050-056-057-069>072-082-501>506-SCZ009-014-
280400-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-080828T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CATAWBA-ROWAN-
LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-YORK-CHESTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...
SPRUCE PINE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...
CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...
ROCK HILL...CHESTER
434 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA...
ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...
CABARRUS...CATAWBA...DAVIE...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER
BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL...GASTON...IREDELL...LINCOLN...
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MECKLENBURG...MITCHELL...ROWAN...UNION NC
AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...CHESTER AND YORK.
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT
* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP OVER THE WATCH AREA
THIS EVENING. AS THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM RECENT WIDESPREAD
HEAVY RAINFALL AND STREAM LEVELS REMAIN HIGH...ANY ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
HIDE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS EVENING OVER WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA AND THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA...
.THE REMNANTS OF FAY WILL REMAIN STALLED OVER WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA TONIGHT. WHILE THE LOW IS GRADUALLY WEAKENING...THE
POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR FLOODING RAINFALL AS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP OVER THE REGION DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
THE GREATEST FLOODING THREAT WILL BE OVER THE I-77 CORRIDOR. THIS
AREA...INCLUDING ROCK HILL...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD AND SALISBURY
SAW WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES OVER THE PAST
FEW DAYS. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
IN THIS AREA.
NCZ033-035>037-049-050-056-057-069>072-082-501>506-SCZ009-014-
280400-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-080828T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CATAWBA-ROWAN-
LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-YORK-CHESTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...
SPRUCE PINE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...
CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...
ROCK HILL...CHESTER
434 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA...
ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...
CABARRUS...CATAWBA...DAVIE...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER
BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL...GASTON...IREDELL...LINCOLN...
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MECKLENBURG...MITCHELL...ROWAN...UNION NC
AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...CHESTER AND YORK.
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT
* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP OVER THE WATCH AREA
THIS EVENING. AS THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM RECENT WIDESPREAD
HEAVY RAINFALL AND STREAM LEVELS REMAIN HIGH...ANY ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
Howard's Knob Cam
View from Howard's Knob, just north of Boone looking south.