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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1247 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2026
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AVERY-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER
CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN
MCDOWELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LENOIR, MICAVILLE, SUGAR HILL, BUSICK,
BETHLEHEM, SPRUCE PINE, GLENWOOD, TAYLORSVILLE, CELO, SAWMILLS,
PATTERSON, NEBO, BANNER ELK, KINGS CREEK, ELLENDALE, GRANITE FALLS,
PLEASANT GROVE, WOODLAWN, FERO, NEWLAND, STONY POINT, INGALLS,
DYSARTSVILLE, JONAS RIDGE, MORGANTON, MARION, RAMSEYTOWN,
MILLERSVILLE, OLD FORT, ASHFORD, BURNSVILLE, HIDDENITE, VALDESE,
POPLAR, AND SWISS
1247 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2026
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF PIEDMONT AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA, ALEXANDER. IN
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, AVERY, BURKE MOUNTAINS, CALDWELL MOUNTAINS,
EASTERN MCDOWELL, GREATER BURKE, GREATER CALDWELL, MCDOWELL
MOUNTAINS, MITCHELL AND YANCEY.
* WHEN...THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- SLOW-MOVING HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS MORNING.
ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON. BY MONDAY EVENING, 24-HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA, ALTHOUGH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR RAPID
ONSET FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATION AND MAY IMPACT AREAS THAT DO NOT TYPICALLY FLOOD.
PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
QUICKLY SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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