...AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MCDOWELL...SOUTHEASTERN
MITCHELL...NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL...SOUTHERN AVERY AND NORTHWESTERN
BURKE COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM EDT...
At 1241 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated an area of heavy rain along
a line extending from 3 miles southeast of Foscoe to near Spruce
Pine to 11 miles southwest of Marion. These showers were nearly
stationary.
Locations to be impacted include...
Spruce Pine, Old Fort, Crossnore, Grandfather Mountain State Park,
Linville Falls, Grandfather Mountain, B.R. Parkway-Linville Falls To
Grandfather, Blowing Rock In Caldwell County, B.R. Parkway-Little
Switzerland To Linville and B.R. Parkway-Craggy To Little
Switzerland.
Very heavy rainfall rates up to 2 inches per hour will be possible in
these areas.