The National Weather Service in Greenville has issued a flood watch in the mountains of Western North Carolina through late tonight:
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.
A COMBINATION OF A STRONG COLD FRONT AND A WARM AND MOIST AIR
MASS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6
INCHES WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY THE TIME
THE HEAVY RAINFALL TAPERS OFF TONIGHT.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AN ENHANCED THREAT OF
FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE WATCH AREA. THE
PROLONGED NATURE OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO LIKELY RESULT
IN FLOODING ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS...SUCH AS THE FRENCH BROAD
RIVER.
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.
A COMBINATION OF A STRONG COLD FRONT AND A WARM AND MOIST AIR
MASS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6
INCHES WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY THE TIME
THE HEAVY RAINFALL TAPERS OFF TONIGHT.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AN ENHANCED THREAT OF
FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE WATCH AREA. THE
PROLONGED NATURE OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO LIKELY RESULT
IN FLOODING ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS...SUCH AS THE FRENCH BROAD
RIVER.
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