Flash Flood Watch - Madison (North Carolina)

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HEAVY RAIN TO CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA INTO WEDNESDAY...

.A BROAD BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY
THIS EVENING. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR WILL OCCUR
WITH THIS BAND. AS 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS
THE WATCH AREA...THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY TO CAUSE
FLASH FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
FALL OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA AND THE EXTREME WESTERN UPSTATE. THE RAIN SHOULD MOVE
EAST OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-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-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE...
GREENVILLE
350 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009

...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.
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