THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREER HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR
  THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER IN NC AT ASHEVILLE.
* UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING.
* AT 11 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.7 FEET.
* BANKFULL STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR 7.5 FEET BY AROUND MIDNIGHT
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* AT 8.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OF FARMLAND AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS
  STARTS TO OCCUR DOWNSTREAM FROM THE PEARSON STREET BRIDGE.
  LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER NEAR THE AIRPORT WILL LIKELY FLOOD..
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER IN NC AT ASHEVILLE.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING
  IS CANCELLED.
* AT  9:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.2 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 8.5 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY.
* * AT 8.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OF FARMLAND AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS
  STARTS TO OCCUR DOWNSTREAM FROM THE PEARSON STREET BRIDGE. LOW LYING
  AREAS ALONG THE RIVER NEAR THE AIRPORT WILL LIKELY FLOOD.
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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH
 CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WESTERN NORTH
 CAROLINA...AVERY...BUNCOMBE...EASTERN POLK...HENDERSON...
 MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
 IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...GREATER GREENVILLE...GREENVILLE
 MOUNTAINS...LAURENS...SPARTANBURG AND UNION SC.
* UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING
* AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  EVENING HOURS OVER THE FRENCH BROAD VALLEY...THE NORTHERN
  MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE CENTRAL UPSTATE OF SOUTH
  CAROLINA. A FEW HEAVIER SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE EARLY THIS
  EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD GENERALLY BE LESS
  THAN A HALF INCH.
* FLOODING IS ALREADY IN PROGRESS ACROSS PORTIONS WESTERN
  CAROLINAS. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL EXACERBATE EXISTING
  FLOODING...AND MAY LEAD TO NEW FLOODING PROBLEMS. ALTHOUGH THE
  MAIN EFFECTS WILL BE ALONG SMALLER STREAMS AND URBANIZED
  AREAS...MINOR FLOODING HAS ALSO DEVELOPED ACROSS UPPER PORTIONS
  OF THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER IN NORTH CAROLINA. 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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...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA...
AS WELL AS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS
INTO THE EARLY THIS EVENING. WITH THE SOIL SATURATED DUE TO THE
RECENT HEAVY RAIN...A FEW TREES COULD UPROOT ACROSS THIS AREA.
ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED.
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