...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 THE REMNANTS OF 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. LOCATIONS WITH POOR DRAINAGE WILL FLOOD... ESPECIALLY
  ACROSS URBANIZED AREAS. ALSO...GUSTY NORTHEASTERLY WINDS MAY TOPPLE
  SOME SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES THAT WILL BE LOOSENED BY THE SATURATED
  SOILS. FALLEN TREES MAY CAUSE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER
  OUTAGES.
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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