...HEAVY RAINFALL AND ASSOCIATED FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .SEVERAL WAVES OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH SUNDAY. THESE SHOWERS WILL BE VERY EFFICIENT HEAVY RAIN PRODUCERS, EASILY DUMPING 1 TO 2 INCHES OR MORE OF RAINFALL IN AN HOUR IN THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS. SOME OF THE RAIN SHOWER BANDS COULD SET UP SUCH THAT CERTAIN LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA EXPERIENCE MULTIPLE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SHORT SUCCESSION. ALTHOUGH CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN DRY OVER THE PAST MONTH, HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES, WITH 5 TO 6 INCHES IN A FEW LOCATIONS, AFFECTED THE REGION ON FRIDAY. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING, WITH SOME LOCALLY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING LIKELY DEVELOPING QUICKLY, ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT MAY LINGER BEYOND THE PERIOD OF THE CURRENT FLASH FLOOD WATCH. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA, 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, NORTHERN JACKSON, POLK MOUNTAINS, ROWAN, RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN JACKSON, TRANSYLVANIA, UNION, AND YANCEY. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON, CHEROKEE, CHESTER, GREATER GREENVILLE, GREATER OCONEE, GREATER PICKENS, GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS, OCONEE MOUNTAINS, PICKENS MOUNTAINS, SPARTANBURG, UNION, AND YORK. * THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY, WITH SOME LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS LIKELY SEEING 4 TO 6 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY TORRENTIAL RAIN SHOWERS REPEATEDLY AFFECTING THE SAME LOCATION. THIS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO DEVELOP VERY QUICKLY. * THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE STREAMS TO RISE QUICKLY AND SOME MIGHT COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. URBAN FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR IN LOCATIONS THAT HAVE POOR DRAINAGE. IF MORE THAN 5 INCHES OF RAIN WERE TO FALL, SOME LOCATIONS ALONG AND NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT COULD HAVE ISOLATED LANDSLIDE ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY ALONG MODIFIED SLOPES. 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. &&
