Full Notification

FFWGSP The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Burke County in western North Carolina... Caldwell County in western North Carolina... McDowell County in western North Carolina...

* Until 800 AM EDT Saturday.

* At 811 PM EDT, emergency management officials are urging people to shelter in place unless fleeing from flood waters. There are still numerous impacts from earlier catastrophic flash flooding across the warned area. Storm total rainfall between 7 and 20+ inches has fallen. Numerous landslides have been reported in the more mountainous parts of Burke, Caldwell, and McDowell counties. Travel across the warned area remains extremely hazardous. This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for MCDOWELL, BURKE, AND CALDWELL COUNTIES. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding and landslides. SOURCE...Emergency management reported. IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. Do not travel unless needing to seek higher ground or escape flood waters. Life threatening flash flooding of low water crossings, small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses is expected to continue into the night.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Hickory, Lenoir, Morganton, Marion, Longview, Sawmills, Granite Falls, Valdese, Gamewell, Bethlehem, Hudson, Salem, Icard, Cajah's Mountain, Drexel, Hildebran, Connelly Springs, Blowing Rock In Caldwell County, Rutherford College and Glen Alpine.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BURKE, NC ... CALDWELL, NC ... MCDOWELL, NC

Instructions:

Move to higher ground now! This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order. Heavy rain is significantly increasing the risk of landslides, especially in areas where slides have occurred in the past. Slides can destroy single homes and other structures and large sections of roads. If you are in the warned area, you should not travel, except to move away from flash flood or landslide dangers. If you are in the vicinity of a stream near the heavy rainfall, especially on a mountainside, or at the base of a mountain or in a cove, move immediately to a safer location. When it is safe to do so, please report flooding or landslides threatening roads or property to the National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg by calling toll free, 1, 800, 2 6 7, 8 1 0 1, by posting on our Facebook page, or via X using hashtag NWSGSP. Your message should describe the specific location where impacts occurred and the depth of flooding observed.