It's Gonna Rain, and Maybe Flood a Little

We have a Flash Flood Watch on for the mountains of western North Carolina tonight, so if you are out and about...be careful.








The National Weather Service has issued the following Advisory:

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT 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...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...CALDWELL
  MOUNTAINS...GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL
  MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...
  POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...
  SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
 GREATER GREENVILLE...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER PICKENS...
 GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS AND PICKENS MOUNTAINS.

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
 MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 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.