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WGUS62 KGSP 140750
FFAGSP
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
350 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2015
...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS TO IMPACT THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS TODAY...
.A VERY MOIST AIRMASS IS IN PLACE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A ROUND OF HEAVY
RAIN SHOWERS WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ALONG THE MOUNTAINS IN THE MOIST
AIRMASS THIS MORNING IN RESPONSE TO A PASSING UPPER AIR
DISTURBANCE. THEN...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY LINGER
INTO THE EVENING HOURS. LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF
HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY COULD EXPERIENCE ISOLATED FLOODING.
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RABUN-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN...
MOUNTAIN CITY...BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK...CROSSNORE...
SUGAR MOUNTAIN...MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS...
BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...
LAKE JUNALUSKA...ASHEVILLE...ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...
FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...
FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...ETOWAH...EDGEMONT...JONAS RIDGE...
OLD FORT...LAKE LURE...SALUDA...WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER...
NINE TIMES...PUMPKINTOWN...ROCKY BOTTOM...CAESARS HEAD...
CLEVELAND...GOWENSVILLE...MARIETTA...TIGERVILLE
350 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS 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...RABUN. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
AVERY...BUNCOMBE...BURKE MOUNTAINS...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...
GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MACON...MADISON...MCDOWELL
MOUNTAINS...MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...
TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS AND PICKENS MOUNTAINS.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* A PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL INTERACT WITH THE MOIST
AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION TO GENERATE HEAVY RAIN
SHOWERS THIS MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOP AS TEMPERATURES WARM. ANY OF THESE SHOWERS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER
HOUR. ISOLATED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ANY LOCATIONS
IMPACTED BY MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS. RAINFALL
TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A FEW LOCATIONS BY
EVENING.
* WHERE HEAVY RAIN OCCURS...SMALL STREAMS WILL RISE RAPIDLY AND
POSSIBLY FLOOD SURROUNDING AREAS. RISES ARE ALSO EXPECTED ALONG
MAIN STEM RIVERS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THIS WATCH PERIOD
MAY ALSO SET THE STAGE FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING POTENTIAL LATER
IN THE WEEK. KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER 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. ALSO...KEEP ABREAST OF THE
LATEST FORECASTS SINCE ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS
POSSIBLE LATER IN THE WEEK.
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