...A ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY INTO THURSDAY MAY PRODUCE
FLOODING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

.A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST FROM THE PLAINS WILL
PRODUCE A SOUTHEASTERLY FETCH OF ABUNDANT GULF OF MEXICO AND
ATLANTIC MOISTURE STARTING TODAY, PEAKING TONIGHT, AND SLOWLY
DIMINISHING ON THURSDAY. VERY WET GROUND CONDITIONS, ALONG WITH
CURRENTLY HIGH STREAM LEVELS, WILL HEIGHTEN THE RISK OF FLOODING
ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD. WHILE SOME OF THE
PRECIPITATION MAY FALL AS AN ICY MIX, ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA, ESPECIALLY TONIGHT, ENOUGH RAIN COULD FALL TO
PRODUCE SOME FLOODING THERE AS WELL.

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST TODAY THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND UPSTATE
SOUTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN NORTHEAST
GEORGIA, ELBERT, FRANKLIN, HABERSHAM, HART, RABUN, AND
STEPHENS. IN NORTH CAROLINA, ALEXANDER, AVERY, BUNCOMBE, BURKE
MOUNTAINS, CABARRUS, CALDWELL MOUNTAINS, CATAWBA, CLEVELAND,
DAVIE, EASTERN MCDOWELL, EASTERN POLK, GASTON, GREATER BURKE,
GREATER CALDWELL, GREATER RUTHERFORD, HENDERSON, IREDELL,
LINCOLN, MACON, MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS, MECKLENBURG, MITCHELL,
POLK MOUNTAINS, ROWAN, RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN JACKSON,
TRANSYLVANIA, UNION, AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA,
ABBEVILLE, ANDERSON, CHEROKEE, CHESTER, GREATER GREENVILLE,
GREATER OCONEE, GREATER PICKENS, GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS,
GREENWOOD, LAURENS, OCONEE MOUNTAINS, PICKENS MOUNTAINS,
SPARTANBURG, UNION, AND YORK.

* FROM NOON EST TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PLAINS WILL BRING ABUNDANT
ATLANTIC AND GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE TO THE SOUTHEAST TODAY INTO
THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA DURING THE PERIOD, WITH THE BULK OF THE HEAVY RAIN
FALLING TONIGHT.

* THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED 2 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN ON MONDAY. THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED AND
STREAM LEVELS ACROSS THE REGION ARE RUNNING QUITE HIGH. THIS
COULD LEAD TO MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING ALONG RIVERS AND
STREAMS THAN OBSERVED WITH THE MONDAY SYSTEM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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