Event: Flood Warning Alert: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 1030 PM EDT * AT 728 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE OR TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH 10 PM. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE...ASHEVILLE MALL...AVERY CREEK...BARNARDSVILLE...BILTMORE FOREST...BLACK MOUNTAIN...FAIRVIEW...I-26 AT I-40...LEICESTER... SWANNANOA...UNC ASHEVILLE...WEAVERVILLE AND WOODFIN. CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT EMPTY INTO THE SWANNANOA RIVER AND THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER ARE LIKELY TO RUN OUT OF THEIR BANKS. URBAN FLOODING AROUND THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE IS ALSO EXPECTED. Instructions: EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS WHERE THE TERRAIN IS STEEP OR ROCKY...REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ROCK OR MUD SLIDES DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN. Target Area: Buncombe Forecast Office: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg (Western North Carolina and Northwest South Carolina)
Posted on: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:32:55 +0000
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