Tryon, North Carolina

... 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.

... Wind Advisory in effect from 7 am this morning to 7 am EST
Thursday...

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

Sustained winds of 15 to 25 mph... with gusts as high as 40
mph... are expected today and tonight across the Piedmont and much
of the foothills of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia.
These gusty winds... combined with saturated soil from the ongoing
rainfall... will likely cause a number of trees to become uprooted
across the advisory area.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

This Wind Advisory has been issued because gusty winds are
expected to cause quite a few trees to fall due to saturated soil.
This may result in scattered power outages.

... 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.