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Flood Advisory
Issued: 9:08 AM Aug. 14, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.

* WHERE...A portion of western North Carolina, including the
following counties, Henderson and Transylvania.

* WHEN...Until 1115 AM EDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 506 AM EDT, At 430 AM EDT, the gauge on Mud Creek had a
stage of 12.7 feet. Common, nuisance flooding of low-lying
areas adjacent to Mud Creek is ongoing. The lowest elevations
of William H King Memorial Park are beginning to flood and
floodwaters are approaching the lowest elevations of the
Oklawaha Greenway. At this stage, more expansive lowland
flooding with nuisance impacts to adjacent farmland, golf
courses, and nurseries is ongoing or has recently occurred
upstream closer to Erkwood Drive. Although heavy rainfall has
ended, the creek level will remain nearly steady early this
morning, then slowly fall through late morning.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

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