Bakersville, North Carolina

... Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 6 PM EST this
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... Elbert... Franklin... Hart and Stephens. In
western North Carolina... Avery... Buncombe... eastern Polk...
Henderson... Madison... Mitchell... Polk mountains... Transylvania
and Yancey. In upstate South Carolina... Abbeville... Anderson...
greater Greenville... greater Oconee... greater Pickens...
Greenville mountains... Greenwood... Laurens... Oconee
mountains... Pickens mountains... Spartanburg and Union SC.

* Until 6 PM EST this evening

* a large band of moderate to heavy rain will likely remain across
the east facing slopes of the mountains and the adjacent
foothills through this afternoon. Additional rainfall amounts of
1 to 2 inches are possible today... resulting in storm total
accumulations of 3 to 5 inches. Areas along and east of the
Interstate 85 corridor will see scattered to numerous showers
this afternoon. Additional rainfall amounts may range from a
half inch near the Savannah River to a inch or more across the
mountains.

* Flooding is already in progress across portions western
Carolinas. The additional rainfall will exacerbate existing
flooding... and may lead to new flooding problems. Although the
main effects will be along smaller streams and urbanized
areas... minor flooding is expected to develop later today across
upper portions of the French Broad River in North Carolina. In
mountainous or hilly terrain... rainfall amounts of 5 inches or
more over a large area lead to a significant increase in
landslide threat on an isolated to scattered basis.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

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.

... Lake Wind Advisory remains in effect until 7 PM EST this
evening...

A lake Wind Advisory remains in effect until 7 PM EST this
evening.

Sustained winds of 10 to 20 mph... with gusts as high as 35 mph
will continue across the northern foothills of North Carolina... as well
as the higher elevations of the North Carolina mountains today.
With the soil saturated due to the ongoing rainfall... a few trees
could uproot across this area. Isolated power outages may occur.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A lake Wind Advisory is issued when wind gusts up to 35 mph are
expected.

... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Greenville-Spartanburg SC...

A record rainfall of 2.42 inches was set at the
Greenville-Spartanburg Airport on Tuesday. This breaks the old
record of 1.16 inches set on November 10 in 1987.