...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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 THIS AFTERNOON
* MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM IDA WILL
  CAUSE RAIN TO PERSIST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE MORNING
  HOURS...BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON.
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY
  TODAY...RESULTING IN STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5
  INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES
  POSSIBLE.
* FLOODING IS ALREADY IN PROGRESS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTH
  CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL EXACERBATE
  EXISTING FLOODING...AND CAUSE NEW FLOODING PROBLEMS TO DEVELOP.
  ALTHOUGH THE MAIN EFFECTS WILL BE ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND
  URBANIZED AREAS...MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER
  TODAY ACROSS UPPER PORTIONS OF THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER. IN 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.
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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