Flood Watch - Mitchell (North Carolina)

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HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

.ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS
EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND MOIST SOIL
CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.

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AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE
333 AM EST FRI MAR 12 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST TODAY THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE
MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...
GREATER BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.

* FROM NOON EST TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN
ADVANCING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE
LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND THREE
INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. ABUNDANT RUNOFF IS LIKELY
DUE TO RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS.

* RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL THIS EVENING IN THE
WATCH AREA. DEEP PONDING OF WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND RUNNING WATER MAY DEVELOP IN DITCHES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.


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