... Flash Flood Watch remains in effect through Wednesday
morning...
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... 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 Wednesday morning
* moisture associated with the remnants of Ida will continue to
overspread the region into Wednesday... producing copious amounts of
rainfall... on the order of 2 to 5 inches with locally higher
amounts.
* Across 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. The
expected rainfall may cause flooding of creeks... streams and
rivers. Locations with poor drainage will flood... especially
across urbanized areas. Also... gusty northeasterly winds may topple
some shallow-rooted trees that will be loosened by the saturated
soils. Fallen trees may cause isolated to scattered power
outages.
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.