Flood Watch - Buncombe (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 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING 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
238 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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.

* 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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