NWS Flood Advisory (Buncombe County)

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Flood Advisory issued September 18 at 9:52AM EDT until September 20 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg

...The Flood Advisory is extended for the following rivers in North Carolina... French Broad River Near Fletcher affecting Buncombe and Henderson Counties. ...The Flood Advisory is now in effect until early Sunday morning... The Flood Advisory continues for the French Broad River Near Fletcher. * Until late Saturday night. * At 9:30 AM EDT Friday the stage was 10.6 feet. * Action stage is 10.0 feet. * Flood stage is 13.0 feet. * Forecast...The river is expected to fall to 8.0 feet Sunday morning. * Impact...At 10.0 feet, Action/Advisory Stage. The French Broad River has exceeded bankfull at the gauge site. Isolated farmland flooding is beginning across the French Broad River Valley from Etowah downstream to Avery Creek upstream of the gauge site. &&

Counties Affected:
Buncombe; Henderson

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