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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
231 PM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
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AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CRUSO, CULLOWHEE, MARION, ASHFORD, ETOWAH,
HENDERSONVILLE, HOT SPRINGS, TAYLORSVILLE, RAMSEYTOWN, VALDESE,
WESSER, MORGANTON, MICAVILLE, FLETCHER, GASTONIA, RAINBOW SPRINGS,
TUXEDO, CANTON, KINGS CREEK, NEWLAND, CASHIERS, WOODLAWN, TRYON,
BLACK MOUNTAIN, JONAS RIDGE, WOLF MOUNTAIN, NEBO, INGALLS, BUSICK,
ALMOND, HICKORY, CROUSE, ASHEVILLE, SALUDA, BETHLEHEM, KANNAPOLIS,
CANDLER, SUGAR HILL, LENOIR, CONCORD, STECOAH, SAWMILLS, DANA,
BURNSVILLE, COLUMBUS, STONY
POINT, ST. STEPHENS, DYSARTSVILLE, WATERVILLE, TUCKASEGEE, EAST
FLAT ROCK, LUADA, ADVANCE, WAYNESVILLE, BANNER ELK, CHARLOTTE,
GRANITE FALLS, MILL SPRING, WALNUT, SHELBY, LUCK, MOORESVILLE,
NEWTON, MARSHALL, SWISS, LINCOLNTON, MOCKSVILLE, FOREST CITY,
FARMINGTON, ROBBINSVILLE, CEDAR MOUNTAIN, KYLE, PATTERSON, PLEASANT
GROVE, FERO, HIGHLANDS, SPRUCE PINE, MARS HILL, SPINDALE, BREVARD,
ALARKA, CHIMNEY ROCK STATE PARK, GLENWOOD, CELO, HIDDENITE, POPLAR,
FORK CHURCH, FRANKLIN, STATESVILLE, ELLENDALE, MILLERSVILLE,
SALISBURY, KINGS MOUNTAIN, COVE CREEK, RUTHERFORDTON, FAUST, OLD
FORT, SYLVA, BRYSON CITY, ALLENSTAND, AND LITTLE RIVER
231 PM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
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,
CABARRUS, CATAWBA, CLEVELAND, DAVIE, GASTON, IREDELL, LINCOLN,
MECKLENBURG AND ROWAN. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, AVERY, BUNCOMBE,
BURKE MOUNTAINS, CALDWELL MOUNTAINS, EASTERN MCDOWELL, EASTERN
POLK, GRAHAM, GREATER BURKE, GREATER CALDWELL, GREATER RUTHERFORD,
HAYWOOD, HENDERSON, MACON, MADISON, MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS, MITCHELL,
NORTHERN JACKSON, POLK MOUNTAINS, RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN
JACKSON, SWAIN, TRANSYLVANIA AND YANCEY.
* WHEN...FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF CREEKS,
STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING
URBAN AREAS ALONG THE I-77 AND I-40 CORRIDORS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- WAVES OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
FORECAST TO MOVE ALONG A SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT TONIGHT INTO
EARLY THURSDAY. WHILE WIDESPREAD 1-2 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH TONIGHT, ISOLATED LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE MULTIPLE
ROUNDS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL, AND LOCALIZED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 5
INCHES 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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