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YANCEY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
AVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
BURKE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 515 AM EST

* AT 313 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH ACROSS
THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THESE
SHOWERS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL AT RATES AROUND ONE INCH PER
HOUR...AND THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS THAT HAVE
ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.

* MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE REGION WILL RISE TO
BANKFULL...AND A FEW COULD FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS. DEEP
PONDING OF WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW SPOTS IN ROADWAYS.

RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ALONG CREEKS AND
STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO
TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS
AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. BE
PREPARED TO MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING...AND DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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 3626 8193 3616 8182 3611 8181 3612 8161
3601 8135 3582 8136 3555 8154 3556 8168
3535 8170 3522 8177 3520 8235 3539 8226
3545 8227 3553 8217 3556 8226 3571 8227
3598 8251 3606 8243 3616 8220 3611 8207
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CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE
912 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
WEDNESDAY.

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH
OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT. FREQUENT GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 50 MPH OR
MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE SOIL OVER THE
AREA IS SATURATED DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT HAS FALLEN ACROSS
THE AREA SINCE MONDAY NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE GUSTY WINDS WILL
LIKELY CAUSE SCATTERED TREES TO BECOME UPROOTED.

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH OR
GREATER...OR WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
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HEAVY RAIN TO CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA INTO WEDNESDAY...

.A BROAD BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY
THIS EVENING. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR WILL OCCUR
WITH THIS BAND. AS 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS
THE WATCH AREA...THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY TO CAUSE
FLASH FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
FALL OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA AND THE EXTREME WESTERN UPSTATE. THE RAIN SHOULD MOVE
EAST OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-
HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...
SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LAKE LURE...
GREENVILLE
350 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...HABERSHAM...RABUN AND STEPHENS. IN WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...CALDWELL
MOUNTAINS...GRAHAM...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL
MOUNTAINS...MACON...MADISON...MITCHELL...NORTHERN JACKSON...
POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN JACKSON...
SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...
GREATER GREENVILLE...GREATER OCONEE...GREATER PICKENS...
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS AND PICKENS MOUNTAINS.

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE
LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS COULD FALL
ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS.

* FLOODING OF BOTH STREAMS AND SOME LARGER RIVERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN. ANY EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE RAINFALL RATES AND RESULT IN A GREATER
RISK OF FLASH FLOODING.

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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NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...
RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
251 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009

.NOW...
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. RAINFALL
RATES BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF FLOODING AND DAMAGING MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE.
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