HIDEHEAVY RAIN EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA LATE
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...
.A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
THROUGH MID-DAY ON WEDNESDAY. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL
BRING ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. AS THE SOUTHERLY
WINDS ARE LIFTED OVER THE FRONT...AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE OVER
THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ALONG AND JUST NORTH
OF THE STATIONARY FRONT. THE COMBINATION OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...
WINDY CONDITIONS AND DROUGHT WEAKENED TREES WILL ALSO RESULT IN
SEVERAL TREES FALLING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS DURING
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.
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RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...GREENVILLE
357 PM EST MON JAN 5 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...HABERSHAM...RABUN AND STEPHENS. IN WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA...BUNCOMBE...GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...
MACON...MADISON...NORTHERN JACKSON...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN
AND TRANSYLVANIA. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...GREATER
GREENVILLE...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER PICKENS...GREENVILLE
MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS AND PICKENS MOUNTAINS.
* FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND LAST
THROUGH MID-DAY ON WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...AND LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS COULD FALL ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE
MOUNTAINS.
* FLOODING OF BOTH STREAMS AND SOME LARGER RIVERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN. ANY EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE RAINFALL RATES AND RESULT IN A GREATER
RISK OF 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.
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