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RABUN-HABERSHAM-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-
TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...PINE MOUNTAIN...
MOUNTAIN CITY...CORNELIA...BALDWIN...DEMOREST...CLARKESVILLE...
BANNER ELK...NEWLAND...ELK PARK...CROSSNORE...SUGAR MOUNTAIN...
MARS HILL...MARSHALL...HOT SPRINGS...BURNSVILLE...SPRUCE PINE...
BRYSON CITY...WAYNESVILLE...CANTON...LAKE JUNALUSKA...ASHEVILLE...
ROBBINSVILLE...CULLOWHEE...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS...
CASHIERS...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...FLETCHER...EAST FLAT ROCK...
ETOWAH...EDGEMONT...LENOIR...JONAS RIDGE...MORGANTON...OLD FORT...
MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORDTON...FOREST CITY...SALUDA...
COLUMBUS...WALHALLA...WESTMINSTER...NINE TIMES...PUMPKINTOWN...
ROCKY BOTTOM...CAESARS HEAD...CLEVELAND...GOWENSVILLE...
MARIETTA...TIGERVILLE
432 AM EDT FRI OCT 2 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY 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...HABERSHAM AND RABUN. IN WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...AVERY...BUNCOMBE...BURKE MOUNTAINS...CALDWELL
MOUNTAINS...EASTERN MCDOWELL...EASTERN POLK...GRAHAM...GREATER
BURKE...GREATER CALDWELL...GREATER RUTHERFORD...HAYWOOD...
HENDERSON...MACON...MADISON...MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS...MITCHELL...
NORTHERN JACKSON...POLK MOUNTAINS...RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS...
SOUTHERN JACKSON...SWAIN...TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA...GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS...OCONEE MOUNTAINS AND
PICKENS MOUNTAINS.

* FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING

* HEAVY RAIN HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS MORNING. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL INCREASE
IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH SATURDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH
LATE WEEKEND AS TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM HURRICANE JOAQUIN OFF THE
ATLANTIC COAST WRAPS INTO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE
SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES.

* CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT STORM TOTAL RAINFALL WILL REACH
THE 5 TO 10 INCH RANGE OVER THE WEEKEND. AMOUNTS COULD BE
LOCALLY HIGHER IN THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN
MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE
MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. THESE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALLER
CREEKS AND STREAMS...WITH SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN
IN RECENT DAYS. HEAVY RUNOFF ON ALREADY SATURATED MOUNTAIN
TERRAIN CAN TRIGGER LANDSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES...ESPECIALLY IN
PLACES PRONE TO SLOPE MOVEMENT IN THE PAST. FLOODING WILL ALSO
LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THE MAIN STEM RIVERS OVER THE WEEKEND AND
POSSIBLY PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IN ADDITION...FREQUENT
GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH FROM THE STRENGTHENING EASTERLY WINDS MAY
COMBINE WITH THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS TO KNOCK DOWN
NUMEROUS TREES...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PEOPLE LIVING NEAR
STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. NOW IS THE TIME TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO IF THREATENED BY
FLOOD WATERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

RAINFALL OF MORE THAN FIVE INCHES IN SIMILAR STORMS HAS BEEN
ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF LANDSLIDES AND ROCKSLIDES.
IF YOU LIVE ON A MOUNTAINSIDE OR IN A COVE AT THE BASE OF A
MOUNTAIN...ESPECIALLY NEAR A STREAM...BE READY TO LEAVE IN
ADVANCE OF THE STORM OR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SHOULD RISING
WATER...MOVING EARTH...OR ROCKS THREATEN. CONSIDER POSTPONING
TRAVEL ALONG MOUNTAIN ROADS DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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