THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT BLANTYRE.
* AT  7:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.4 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE
  TO RISE TO NEAR 16.5 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* AT 16.5 FEET...PARTS OF GROVE AND PLEASANT GROVE ROADS MAY BEGIN TO FLOOD.
BUILDINGS BETWEEN THE RIVER AND HIGHWAY 64 WILL BEGIN TO SEE WATER APPROACH THEM.
$$

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1245 PM EST
* AT 647 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL
CONTINUING ACROSS HENDERSON COUNTY...WITH MODERATE RAIN MOVING INTO
THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH. ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE
FLOODING PROBLEMS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED MUD CREEK AND BAT FORK CREEK ARE
CURRENTLY OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND ARE FLOODING ADJACENT ROADWAYS.
THIS FLOOD WARNING WILL REPLACE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM EST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER THAT MOST FLOOD FATALITIES ARE THE RESULT OF DRIVING INTO
FLOODED STREETS...ROADS...OR STREAMS...OR OCCUR WHEN CHILDREN PLAY IN
OR NEAR STORM DRAINS OR STREAMS.
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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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 3547 8226 3546 8226 3533 8229 3527 8235
      3518 8236 3521 8240 3517 8244 3515 8257
      3529 8261 3542 8274 3546 8267 3543 8253
      3545 8252 3547 8242 3546 8237 3548 8237
      3550 8233
$$
KRENTZ

...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.
$$

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
EST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING
TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL
AS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TODAY.
WITH THE SOIL SATURATED DUE TO THE ONGOING RAINFALL...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.
$$