HIDE
HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY
INTO WEDNESDAY...

.A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
THROUGH MID-DAY ON WEDNESDAY. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL
BRING ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. AS THE SOUTHERLY
WINDS ARE LIFTED OVER THE FRONT...AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS AREA. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE
POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND ALONG
AND JUST NORTH OF THE STATIONARY FRONT. THE COMBINATION OF VERY
HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY CONDITIONS...AND DROUGHT WEAKENED TREES WILL ALSO
RESULT IN SEVERAL TREES FALLING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.

GAZ010-017-018-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505-507-509-
SCZ001>006-070030-
/O.CON.KGSP.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-090108T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
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
1120 AM 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 THROUGH MID-DAY ON
WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 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.
HIDE

HIDE
CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...
WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...
FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...
GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...
SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ANDERSON
341 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009

.NOW...
THROUGH 6 PM...A BROAD AREA OF RAIN AND FEW HEAVY SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS SHOULD BE IN THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE MOUNTAINS OF
NORTHEAST GEORGIA. RAINFALL RATES FROM A QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS
OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE ESCARPMENT.
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THESE HEAVY
SHOWERS DURING THE EVENING. MOTORIST SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION IN
HEAVY RAIN AREAS THIS EVENING AND WATCH FOR POSSIBLE WATER FLOWING
ACROSS LOW DRAINAGE AREAS.

RAINFALL ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND INTO THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH
CAROLINA WAS MOSTLY LIGHT AND CONFINED MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF
INTERSTATE 85. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND SPREAD EAST
LATER TONIGHT.
HIDE