HIDEFlash Flood Watch issued May 27 at 10:49PM EDT until May 29 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg
...ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL RAISE THE RISK OF FLASH
FLOODING AND MOUNTAIN LANDSLIDES STARTING TONIGHT...
.Deep tropical moisture associated with a fetch of air off the
Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean will set up over the
western Carolinas and northeast Georgia late tonight. This
moisture will get further reinforced by the remnants of Alberto
as it moves northward across the Deep South on Tuesday. The
resulting heavy rain showers and embedded thunderstorms across
the region will fall on ground already saturated by heavy rain
over the past 7 to 10 days. This will greatly heighten the risk
of flash flooding, main stem river flooding, and landslides.
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
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, 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, and Yancey. In upstate South Carolina,
Greenville Mountains, Oconee Mountains, and Pickens Mountains.
* through Tuesday morning
* Abundant tropical moisture will arrive over the western
Carolinas and northeast Georgia tonight and persist through
the early part of the week. Rainfall totals around the region
this week will likely reach or exceed 3 to 6 inches, with some
locations along the eastern and southern slopes of the
southern Appalachians seeing 6 to 8 inches. Locally heavier
rainfall will be possible in locations that see repeated
rounds of thunderstorms where rainfall rates could reach 1 to
2 inches per hour in the heaviest downpours. This heavy rain
will fall on ground already saturated by rainfall over the
past 7 to 10 days.
* Flash flooding of streams and creeks could develop very
quickly under these circumstances. Landslides will be quite
possible, especially in mountainous terrain known to be prone
to landslides, and even along some steep slopes where
landslides have not occurred for many years. Main stem river
flooding will be quite likely as well, especially along rivers
in the southern and central North Carolina mountains such as
the French Broad River, the Tuckasegee River, and the Little
Tennessee River.
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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