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Flood Watch - Watauga (North Carolina)
HIDE
SNOW MELT AND POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE THE FLOOD
THREAT INTO THE WEEKEND...
.A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO THE
AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL TO THE AREA.
NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ007-009>017-032-WVZ042-130445-
/O.CON.KRNK.FA.A.0002.100312T2100Z-100313T1700Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-
SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-
PATRICK-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON...
DANBURY...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...
BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...
BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...
GALAX...FLOYD...STUART...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP
341 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST
WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH
CAROLINA...ALLEGHANY NC...ASHE...STOKES...SURRY...WATAUGA...
WILKES AND YADKIN. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...BLAND...CARROLL...
FLOYD...GILES...GRAYSON...MONTGOMERY...PATRICK...PULASKI...
SMYTH...TAZEWELL AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
MERCER.
* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
* ONE TO AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY.
ANY SNOW LEFTOVER IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL ADD AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT
OF RUNOFF AS IT MELTS TONIGHT.
* THIS COMBINATION MAY RESULT IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS FLOODING.
* THERE IS ALSO CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH COULD ENHANCE THE
FLASH FLOOD THREAT TONIGHT.
* LARGER RIVERS WILL ALSO RESPOND TO THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN AND RISES
ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
HIDE
SNOW MELT AND POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE THE FLOOD
THREAT INTO THE WEEKEND...
.A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO THE
AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL TO THE AREA.
NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ007-009>017-032-WVZ042-130445-
/O.CON.KRNK.FA.A.0002.100312T2100Z-100313T1700Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-
SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-
PATRICK-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON...
DANBURY...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...
BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...
BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...
GALAX...FLOYD...STUART...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP
341 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST
WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH
CAROLINA...ALLEGHANY NC...ASHE...STOKES...SURRY...WATAUGA...
WILKES AND YADKIN. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...BLAND...CARROLL...
FLOYD...GILES...GRAYSON...MONTGOMERY...PATRICK...PULASKI...
SMYTH...TAZEWELL AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
MERCER.
* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
* ONE TO AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY.
ANY SNOW LEFTOVER IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL ADD AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT
OF RUNOFF AS IT MELTS TONIGHT.
* THIS COMBINATION MAY RESULT IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS FLOODING.
* THERE IS ALSO CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH COULD ENHANCE THE
FLASH FLOOD THREAT TONIGHT.
* LARGER RIVERS WILL ALSO RESPOND TO THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN AND RISES
ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
Flood Watch - Ashe (North Carolina)
HIDE
SNOW MELT AND POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE THE FLOOD
THREAT INTO THE WEEKEND...
.A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO THE
AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL TO THE AREA.
NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ007-009>017-032-WVZ042-130445-
/O.CON.KRNK.FA.A.0002.100312T2100Z-100313T1700Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-
SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-
PATRICK-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON...
DANBURY...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...
BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...
BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...
GALAX...FLOYD...STUART...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP
341 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST
WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH
CAROLINA...ALLEGHANY NC...ASHE...STOKES...SURRY...WATAUGA...
WILKES AND YADKIN. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...BLAND...CARROLL...
FLOYD...GILES...GRAYSON...MONTGOMERY...PATRICK...PULASKI...
SMYTH...TAZEWELL AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
MERCER.
* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
* ONE TO AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY.
ANY SNOW LEFTOVER IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL ADD AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT
OF RUNOFF AS IT MELTS TONIGHT.
* THIS COMBINATION MAY RESULT IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS FLOODING.
* THERE IS ALSO CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH COULD ENHANCE THE
FLASH FLOOD THREAT TONIGHT.
* LARGER RIVERS WILL ALSO RESPOND TO THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN AND RISES
ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
HIDE
SNOW MELT AND POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE THE FLOOD
THREAT INTO THE WEEKEND...
.A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO THE
AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL TO THE AREA.
NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ007-009>017-032-WVZ042-130445-
/O.CON.KRNK.FA.A.0002.100312T2100Z-100313T1700Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-
SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-
PATRICK-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON...
DANBURY...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...
BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...
BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...
GALAX...FLOYD...STUART...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP
341 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST
WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH
CAROLINA...ALLEGHANY NC...ASHE...STOKES...SURRY...WATAUGA...
WILKES AND YADKIN. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...BLAND...CARROLL...
FLOYD...GILES...GRAYSON...MONTGOMERY...PATRICK...PULASKI...
SMYTH...TAZEWELL AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
MERCER.
* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
* ONE TO AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY.
ANY SNOW LEFTOVER IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL ADD AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT
OF RUNOFF AS IT MELTS TONIGHT.
* THIS COMBINATION MAY RESULT IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS FLOODING.
* THERE IS ALSO CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH COULD ENHANCE THE
FLASH FLOOD THREAT TONIGHT.
* LARGER RIVERS WILL ALSO RESPOND TO THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN AND RISES
ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
Flood Watch - Avery (North Carolina)
HIDE
HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.
NCZ033-035-048>050-052-053-064-065-501>507-509-130345-
/O.CON.KGSP.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-100313T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE
238 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER BURKE...
GREATER CALDWELL...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...
MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...
TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF
AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND
THREE INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. ABUNDANT RUNOFF IS
LIKELY DUE TO RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS.
* RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL THIS EVENING IN THE
WATCH AREA. DEEP PONDING OF WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND RUNNING WATER MAY DEVELOP IN DITCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
HIDE
HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.
NCZ033-035-048>050-052-053-064-065-501>507-509-130345-
/O.CON.KGSP.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-100313T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE
238 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER BURKE...
GREATER CALDWELL...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...
MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...
TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF
AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND
THREE INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. ABUNDANT RUNOFF IS
LIKELY DUE TO RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS.
* RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL THIS EVENING IN THE
WATCH AREA. DEEP PONDING OF WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND RUNNING WATER MAY DEVELOP IN DITCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
Flood Watch - Buncombe (North Carolina)
HIDE
HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.
NCZ033-035-048>050-052-053-064-065-501>507-509-130345-
/O.CON.KGSP.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-100313T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE
238 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER BURKE...
GREATER CALDWELL...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...
MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...
TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF
AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND
THREE INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. ABUNDANT RUNOFF IS
LIKELY DUE TO RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS.
* RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL THIS EVENING IN THE
WATCH AREA. DEEP PONDING OF WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND RUNNING WATER MAY DEVELOP IN DITCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
HIDE
HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.
NCZ033-035-048>050-052-053-064-065-501>507-509-130345-
/O.CON.KGSP.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-100313T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE
238 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER BURKE...
GREATER CALDWELL...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...
MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...
TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF
AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND
THREE INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. ABUNDANT RUNOFF IS
LIKELY DUE TO RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS.
* RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL THIS EVENING IN THE
WATCH AREA. DEEP PONDING OF WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND RUNNING WATER MAY DEVELOP IN DITCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
Flood Watch - Alleghany (North Carolina)
HIDE
SNOW MELT AND POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE THE FLOOD
THREAT INTO THE WEEKEND...
.A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO THE
AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL TO THE AREA.
NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ007-009>017-032-WVZ042-130445-
/O.CON.KRNK.FA.A.0002.100312T2100Z-100313T1700Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-
SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-
PATRICK-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON...
DANBURY...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...
BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...
BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...
GALAX...FLOYD...STUART...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP
341 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST
WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH
CAROLINA...ALLEGHANY NC...ASHE...STOKES...SURRY...WATAUGA...
WILKES AND YADKIN. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...BLAND...CARROLL...
FLOYD...GILES...GRAYSON...MONTGOMERY...PATRICK...PULASKI...
SMYTH...TAZEWELL AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
MERCER.
* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
* ONE TO AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY.
ANY SNOW LEFTOVER IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL ADD AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT
OF RUNOFF AS IT MELTS TONIGHT.
* THIS COMBINATION MAY RESULT IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS FLOODING.
* THERE IS ALSO CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH COULD ENHANCE THE
FLASH FLOOD THREAT TONIGHT.
* LARGER RIVERS WILL ALSO RESPOND TO THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN AND RISES
ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
HIDE
SNOW MELT AND POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE THE FLOOD
THREAT INTO THE WEEKEND...
.A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO THE
AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL TO THE AREA.
NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ007-009>017-032-WVZ042-130445-
/O.CON.KRNK.FA.A.0002.100312T2100Z-100313T1700Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-
SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-
PATRICK-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON...
DANBURY...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...
BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...
BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...
GALAX...FLOYD...STUART...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP
341 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST
WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH
CAROLINA...ALLEGHANY NC...ASHE...STOKES...SURRY...WATAUGA...
WILKES AND YADKIN. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...BLAND...CARROLL...
FLOYD...GILES...GRAYSON...MONTGOMERY...PATRICK...PULASKI...
SMYTH...TAZEWELL AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
MERCER.
* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
* ONE TO AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY.
ANY SNOW LEFTOVER IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL ADD AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT
OF RUNOFF AS IT MELTS TONIGHT.
* THIS COMBINATION MAY RESULT IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS FLOODING.
* THERE IS ALSO CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH COULD ENHANCE THE
FLASH FLOOD THREAT TONIGHT.
* LARGER RIVERS WILL ALSO RESPOND TO THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN AND RISES
ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
Flood Watch - Greater Caldwell (North Carolina)
HIDE
HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.
NCZ033-035-048>050-052-053-064-065-501>507-509-130345-
/O.CON.KGSP.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-100313T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE
238 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER BURKE...
GREATER CALDWELL...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...
MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...
TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF
AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND
THREE INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. ABUNDANT RUNOFF IS
LIKELY DUE TO RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS.
* RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL THIS EVENING IN THE
WATCH AREA. DEEP PONDING OF WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND RUNNING WATER MAY DEVELOP IN DITCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
HIDE
HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.
NCZ033-035-048>050-052-053-064-065-501>507-509-130345-
/O.CON.KGSP.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-100313T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE
238 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER BURKE...
GREATER CALDWELL...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...
MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...
TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF
AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND
THREE INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. ABUNDANT RUNOFF IS
LIKELY DUE TO RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS.
* RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL THIS EVENING IN THE
WATCH AREA. DEEP PONDING OF WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND RUNNING WATER MAY DEVELOP IN DITCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
Flood Watch - Mitchell (North Carolina)
HIDE
HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.
NCZ033-035-048>050-052-053-064-065-501>507-509-130345-
/O.CON.KGSP.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-100313T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE
238 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER BURKE...
GREATER CALDWELL...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...
MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...
TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF
AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND
THREE INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. ABUNDANT RUNOFF IS
LIKELY DUE TO RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS.
* RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL THIS EVENING IN THE
WATCH AREA. DEEP PONDING OF WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND RUNNING WATER MAY DEVELOP IN DITCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
HIDE
HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.
NCZ033-035-048>050-052-053-064-065-501>507-509-130345-
/O.CON.KGSP.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-100313T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE
238 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER BURKE...
GREATER CALDWELL...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...
MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...
TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF
AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND
THREE INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. ABUNDANT RUNOFF IS
LIKELY DUE TO RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS.
* RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL THIS EVENING IN THE
WATCH AREA. DEEP PONDING OF WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND RUNNING WATER MAY DEVELOP IN DITCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
Flood Watch - Wilkes (North Carolina)
HIDE
SNOW MELT AND POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE THE FLOOD
THREAT INTO THE WEEKEND...
.A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO THE
AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL TO THE AREA.
NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ007-009>017-032-WVZ042-130445-
/O.CON.KRNK.FA.A.0002.100312T2100Z-100313T1700Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-
SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-
PATRICK-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON...
DANBURY...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...
BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...
BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...
GALAX...FLOYD...STUART...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP
341 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST
WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH
CAROLINA...ALLEGHANY NC...ASHE...STOKES...SURRY...WATAUGA...
WILKES AND YADKIN. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...BLAND...CARROLL...
FLOYD...GILES...GRAYSON...MONTGOMERY...PATRICK...PULASKI...
SMYTH...TAZEWELL AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
MERCER.
* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
* ONE TO AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY.
ANY SNOW LEFTOVER IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL ADD AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT
OF RUNOFF AS IT MELTS TONIGHT.
* THIS COMBINATION MAY RESULT IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS FLOODING.
* THERE IS ALSO CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH COULD ENHANCE THE
FLASH FLOOD THREAT TONIGHT.
* LARGER RIVERS WILL ALSO RESPOND TO THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN AND RISES
ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
HIDE
SNOW MELT AND POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE THE FLOOD
THREAT INTO THE WEEKEND...
.A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO THE
AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL TO THE AREA.
NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ007-009>017-032-WVZ042-130445-
/O.CON.KRNK.FA.A.0002.100312T2100Z-100313T1700Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-
SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-
PATRICK-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON...
DANBURY...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...
BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...
BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...
GALAX...FLOYD...STUART...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP
341 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST
WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH
CAROLINA...ALLEGHANY NC...ASHE...STOKES...SURRY...WATAUGA...
WILKES AND YADKIN. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...BLAND...CARROLL...
FLOYD...GILES...GRAYSON...MONTGOMERY...PATRICK...PULASKI...
SMYTH...TAZEWELL AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
MERCER.
* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
* ONE TO AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY.
ANY SNOW LEFTOVER IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL ADD AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT
OF RUNOFF AS IT MELTS TONIGHT.
* THIS COMBINATION MAY RESULT IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS FLOODING.
* THERE IS ALSO CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH COULD ENHANCE THE
FLASH FLOOD THREAT TONIGHT.
* LARGER RIVERS WILL ALSO RESPOND TO THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN AND RISES
ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
Flood Watch - Madison (North Carolina)
HIDE
HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.
NCZ033-035-048>050-052-053-064-065-501>507-509-130345-
/O.CON.KGSP.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-100313T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE
238 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER BURKE...
GREATER CALDWELL...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...
MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...
TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF
AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND
THREE INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. ABUNDANT RUNOFF IS
LIKELY DUE TO RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS.
* RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL THIS EVENING IN THE
WATCH AREA. DEEP PONDING OF WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND RUNNING WATER MAY DEVELOP IN DITCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
HIDE
HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.
NCZ033-035-048>050-052-053-064-065-501>507-509-130345-
/O.CON.KGSP.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-100313T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE
238 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER BURKE...
GREATER CALDWELL...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...
MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...
TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF
AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND
THREE INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. ABUNDANT RUNOFF IS
LIKELY DUE TO RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS.
* RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL THIS EVENING IN THE
WATCH AREA. DEEP PONDING OF WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND RUNNING WATER MAY DEVELOP IN DITCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
Flood Watch - Yancey (North Carolina)
HIDE
HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.
NCZ033-035-048>050-052-053-064-065-501>507-509-130345-
/O.CON.KGSP.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-100313T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE
238 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER BURKE...
GREATER CALDWELL...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...
MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...
TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF
AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND
THREE INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. ABUNDANT RUNOFF IS
LIKELY DUE TO RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS.
* RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL THIS EVENING IN THE
WATCH AREA. DEEP PONDING OF WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND RUNNING WATER MAY DEVELOP IN DITCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
HIDE
HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.
NCZ033-035-048>050-052-053-064-065-501>507-509-130345-
/O.CON.KGSP.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-100313T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE
238 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER BURKE...
GREATER CALDWELL...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...
MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...
TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF
AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND
THREE INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. ABUNDANT RUNOFF IS
LIKELY DUE TO RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS.
* RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL THIS EVENING IN THE
WATCH AREA. DEEP PONDING OF WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND RUNNING WATER MAY DEVELOP IN DITCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
Flood Watch - Greater Burke (North Carolina)
HIDE
HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.
NCZ033-035-048>050-052-053-064-065-501>507-509-130345-
/O.CON.KGSP.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-100313T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE
238 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER BURKE...
GREATER CALDWELL...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...
MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...
TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF
AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND
THREE INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. ABUNDANT RUNOFF IS
LIKELY DUE TO RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS.
* RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL THIS EVENING IN THE
WATCH AREA. DEEP PONDING OF WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND RUNNING WATER MAY DEVELOP IN DITCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
HIDE
HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.
NCZ033-035-048>050-052-053-064-065-501>507-509-130345-
/O.CON.KGSP.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-100313T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE
238 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER BURKE...
GREATER CALDWELL...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...
MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...
TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF
AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND
THREE INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. ABUNDANT RUNOFF IS
LIKELY DUE TO RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS.
* RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL THIS EVENING IN THE
WATCH AREA. DEEP PONDING OF WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND RUNNING WATER MAY DEVELOP IN DITCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
Flood Watch - Haywood (North Carolina)
HIDE
HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.
NCZ033-035-048>050-052-053-064-065-501>507-509-130345-
/O.CON.KGSP.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-100313T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE
238 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER BURKE...
GREATER CALDWELL...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...
MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...
TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF
AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND
THREE INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. ABUNDANT RUNOFF IS
LIKELY DUE TO RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS.
* RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL THIS EVENING IN THE
WATCH AREA. DEEP PONDING OF WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND RUNNING WATER MAY DEVELOP IN DITCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
HIDE
HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.
NCZ033-035-048>050-052-053-064-065-501>507-509-130345-
/O.CON.KGSP.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-100313T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-POLK MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...WAYNESVILLE...
ASHEVILLE...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE
238 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...ALEXANDER...AVERY...BURKE MOUNTAINS...BUNCOMBE...
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...GREATER BURKE...
GREATER CALDWELL...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...
MADISON...MITCHELL...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...
TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SURGE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF
AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND
THREE INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. ABUNDANT RUNOFF IS
LIKELY DUE TO RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS.
* RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY APPROACH BANKFULL THIS EVENING IN THE
WATCH AREA. DEEP PONDING OF WATER IS EXPECTED IN LOW LYING
AREAS...AND RUNNING WATER MAY DEVELOP IN DITCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
