NWS Flash Flood Watch (Buncombe County)

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Flash Flood Watch issued July 31 at 10:40AM 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 INCREASE TODAY AND TONIGHT WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...INCREASING THE CHANCE OF FLASH FLOODING. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH 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. * THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * INCREASING MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL SUPPORT HEAVY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * 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 AREA FROM ANDERSON TO GREENVILLE IN SOUTH CAROLINA WILL SEE THE FIRST IMPACTS...AS HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED THERE.

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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