Ridgecrest, North Carolina

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Flood Warning for
the French Broad River in NC at Asheville.
* From this afternoon to late Thursday night... or until the warning
is cancelled.
* At 9:00 am Wednesday the stage was 7.2 feet.
* Flood stage is 8.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... rise above flood stage by this afternoon and continue to
rise to near 8.5 feet after midnight tonight. The river will
fall below flood stage early afternoon on Thursday.
* * At 8.0 feet... minor flooding of farmland and Industrial areas
starts to occur downstream from the Pearson street bridge. Low lying
areas along the river near the Airport will likely flood.

Pat

... Flash Flood Watch now in effect through this afternoon...

The Flash Flood Watch is now in effect for

* portions of northeast Georgia... western North Carolina and
upstate South Carolina... including the following areas... in
northeast Georgia... Elbert... Franklin... Habersham... Hart...
Rabun and Stephens. In western North Carolina... Avery...
Buncombe... eastern Polk... Graham... Haywood... Henderson...
Macon... Madison... Mitchell... northern Jackson... Polk
mountains... southern Jackson... Swain... 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.

* Through this afternoon

* moisture associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida will
cause rain to persist across the watch area through the morning
hours... before beginning to taper off during the afternoon.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are likely
today... resulting in storm total accumulations of 3 to 5
inches... with locally higher amounts in excess of 6 inches
possible.

* Flooding is already in progress across portions of the North
Carolina mountains. The additional rainfall will exacerbate
existing flooding... and cause new flooding problems to develop.
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 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.

1143 PM EST Tue Nov 10 2009

The National Weather Service in Greer has issued a
* Flood Advisory for
the French Broad River in NC at Asheville.
* Until Thursday evening.
* At 11 PM Tuesday the stage was 3.7 feet.
* Bankfull stage is 6.0 feet.
* Flood stage is 8.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will rise to near 7.5 feet by around midnight
Wednesday night.
* At 8.0 feet... minor flooding of farmland and Industrial areas
starts to occur downstream from the Pearson street bridge.
Low lying areas along the river near the Airport will likely flood..

... Lake Wind Advisory in effect from 7 am this morning to 7 PM
EST this evening...

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued
a lake Wind Advisory... which is in effect from 7 am this morning
to 7 PM EST this evening.

Sustained winds of 10 to 20 mph... with gusts as high as 35 mph will
develop 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.