NWS Flood Watch (Burke County)

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Flood Watch issued April 24 at 5:09AM EDT until April 24 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg

...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.

Counties Affected:
Burke Mountains; Caldwell Mountains; Eastern McDowell; Eastern Polk; Greater Burke; Greater Caldwell; Greater Rutherford; McDowell Mountains; Polk Mountains; Rutherford Mountains

Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg (Western North Carolina and Northwest South Carolina)
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