Full Notification

Occasional light rain will occur over the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia today, maintaining saturated soils and promoting runoff into creeks and rivers that are already running high from recent heavy rainfall. Overnight tonight and into Sunday morning, a cold front will bring one more round of moderate to heavy rainfall, which is expected to lead to more flooding. The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Flood Watch for portions of northeast Georgia, North Carolina, and upstate South Carolina, including the following areas, in northeast Georgia, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, and Stephens. In North Carolina, Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke Mountains, Cabarrus, Caldwell Mountains, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Eastern McDowell, Eastern Polk, Gaston, Graham, Greater Burke, Greater Caldwell, Greater Rutherford, Haywood, Henderson, Iredell, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, McDowell Mountains, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Northern Jackson, Polk Mountains, Rowan, Rutherford Mountains, Southern Jackson, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey. In upstate South Carolina, Anderson, Cherokee, Greater Greenville, Greater Oconee, Greater Pickens, Greenville Mountains, Oconee Mountains, Pickens Mountains, Spartanburg, and York.

* through Sunday morning

* Many area rivers have already risen out of their banks or have caused minor flooding. Additional rainfall today and tonight, and especially early Sunday, will cause rivers to keep rising. This will result in flooding on some rivers where it may not have occurred recently, and in poorly drained areas even away from rivers.

* Roads may cover with water in some areas, becoming impassable. Rivers may rise into campgrounds, parks, and other recreational sites along their banks.

* AFFECTED AREAS: MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS ... ANDERSON ... ALEXANDER ... RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS ... HAYWOOD ... LINCOLN ... CATAWBA ... HART ... GREATER CALDWELL ... FRANKLIN ... RABUN ... TRANSYLVANIA ... GRAHAM ... YORK ... AVERY ... GREATER PICKENS ... NORTHERN JACKSON ... CHEROKEE ... MECKLENBURG ... GREATER BURKE ... EASTERN POLK ... HABERSHAM ... POLK MOUNTAINS ... YANCEY ... GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS ... SWAIN ... CLEVELAND ... HENDERSON ... IREDELL ... GREATER GREENVILLE ... ROWAN ... EASTERN MCDOWELL ... SOUTHERN JACKSON ... OCONEE MOUNTAINS ... GASTON ... CABARRUS ... DAVIE ... GREATER OCONEE ... MADISON ... PICKENS MOUNTAINS ... CALDWELL MOUNTAINS ... STEPHENS ... SPARTANBURG ... MITCHELL ... GREATER RUTHERFORD ... MACON ... BUNCOMBE ... BURKE MOUNTAINS

Instructions:

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.