FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 352 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
HAYWOOD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
JACKSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 945 AM EST
* AT 345 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FRENCH BROAD
RIVER BASIN AND THE SURROUNDING HIGHER ELEVATIONS. RAIN GAUGES
ACROSS THE AREA HAVE REPORTED BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND A QUARTER
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA IN THE LAST 6
HOURS. THE RIVER GAUGE AT BAT FORK CREEK NEAR HENDERSONVILLE IS
SHOWING THE CREEK IS NEAR BANKFULL ALREADY AND MAY BE OVERFLOWING
ITS BANKS SLIGHTLY IN SOME REMOTE AREAS.
CONVECTIVELY ENHANCED RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER
THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND ADDITIONAL STREAMS AND CREEKS
COULD REACH BANKFULL BY DAYBREAK OR PERHAPS EVEN SOONER.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS
DEVELOPING SITUATION AND POSSIBLY ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT SUCH ACTION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER
SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL
FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3597 8260 3598 8251 3589 8249 3571 8229
3559 8229 3550 8222 3544 8228 3520 8235
3500 8310 3519 8322 3556 8316 3567 8319
3570 8326 3580 8306 3578 8298 3588 8290
3595 8290 3593 8280 3601 8276 3606 8263
$$
KRENTZ
FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 642 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 945 AM EST
* AT 638 AM EST RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL WAS CAUSING
LOCAL CREEKS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. CREEKS SUCH AS BAT FORK CREEK
AND MUD CREEK WILL LIKELY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS AND CAUSE FLOODING
NEAR THE JUNCTION OF US HIGHWAY 25 AND 176...7 TH AVENUE AND KING
STREET.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER THAT MOST FLOOD FATALITIES ARE THE RESULT OF DRIVING INTO
FLOODED STREETS...ROADS...OR STREAMS...OR OCCUR WHEN CHILDREN PLAY IN
OR NEAR STORM DRAINS OR STREAMS.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
TO REPORT HIGH WATER...FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...LANDSLIDES OR OTHER
SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH OUR AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL
FREE NUMBER...1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3546 8227 3543 8228 3539 8225 3527 8222
3516 8258 3529 8261 3533 8265 3544 8267
3543 8253 3545 8252 3545 8247 3547 8242
3546 8237 3548 8237 3549 8230
$$
PAT
HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 439 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING.
GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH.
TREES MAY BE UPROOTED AND POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
$$
CSH
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