...RAINFALL WINDING DOWN BUT FLOODING STILL POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR
THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS MORNING...
.A low pressure system approaching from the west this morning is
poised to transition through the piedmont of the western Carolinas
later today. Southeasterly upslope flow may still wring out
moderate rain showers across the eastern escarpment of the
mountains, but widespread flooding is becoming less likely in some
areas. The Watch is being cancelled for locations farther from the
mountians across Georgia and South Carolina, but continued until 8
AM for eastern mountain locations and the immediately adjacent
foothills.
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...
The Flood Watch continues for
* portions of northeast Georgia, western North Carolina, and
upstate South Carolina, including the following areas, in
northeast Georgia, Habersham and Rabun. In western North
Carolina, Avery, Buncombe, Burke Mountains, Caldwell
Mountains, Eastern McDowell, Eastern Polk, Greater Burke,
Greater Caldwell, Greater Rutherford, Henderson, Macon,
McDowell Mountains, Mitchell, Northern Jackson, Polk
Mountains, Rutherford Mountains, Southern Jackson,
Transylvania, and Yancey. In upstate South Carolina,
Greenville Mountains, Oconee Mountains, and Pickens Mountains.
* until 8 AM EDT this morning
* Although rainfall rates are diminishing around the region,
locally moderate to heavy rain showers may still fall on
locations that have received 3 to 6 inches of rain in the past
24 hours. Runoff on these saturated soil conditions may yet
produce flooding in low-lying and flood prone areas in and near
the eastern escarpment of the North Carolina mountains.
* Flooding remains most likely along the upper reaches of the
French Broad River and its associated tributaries. Flooding will
also be possible along the western Catawba River chain in the
North Carolina foothills.