THE FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EST FOR MACON...
RABUN AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES...
AT 745 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
BROAD AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA
MOUNTAINS AND MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL
RATES AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH PER HOUR WERE AFFECTING LOCATIONS THAT
HAVE RECEIVED NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN TODAY.
DEEP PONDING OF WATER WILL LIKELY RESULT IN LOW LYING AREAS. STREAMS
AND CREEKS WILL BECOME ELEVATED AND SEVERAL COULD RISE TO NEAR
BANKFULL. ISOLATED FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY THIS
EVENING FROM FRANKLIN TO RAINBOW SPRINGS...ESPECIALLY NEAR COWEE
CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.
TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER
SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL
FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3520 8372 3528 8367 3532 8333 3503 8313
      3478 8332 3462 8339 3443 8362 3450 8368
      3454 8364 3462 8365 3471 8363 3476 8363
      3478 8368 3487 8367 3500 8352 3514 8366
      3514 8374
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HG

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
  UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
  NORTHEAST GEORGIA...ELBERT...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HART...
  RABUN AND STEPHENS. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...
  BUNCOMBE...EASTERN POLK...GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...
  MACON...MADISON...MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK
  MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND
  YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...ABBEVILLE...ANDERSON...
  GREATER GREENVILLE...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER PICKENS...
  GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...GREENWOOD...LAURENS...OCONEE
  MOUNTAINS...PICKENS MOUNTAINS...SPARTANBURG AND UNION SC.
* THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
* MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONE IDA WILL CONTINUE TO
  OVERSPREAD THE REGION INTO WEDNESDAY PRODUCING COPIOUS AMOUNTS
  OF RAINFALL...ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* ACROSS MOUNTAINOUS OR HILLY TERRAIN...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5
  INCHES OR MORE OVER A LARGE AREA LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE
  IN LANDSLIDE THREAT ON AN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED BASIS. THE
  EXPECTED RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
  RIVERS. ALSO...LOCATIONS WITH POOR DRAINAGE WILL FLOOD...
  ESPECIALLY ACROSS URBANIZED AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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