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
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KRENTZ
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.
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CSH
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