Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued September 27 at 8:10AM EDT until September 27 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
September 27, 2024 - 5:10am
Expires:
September 27, 2024 - 11:00am
Description:
FFWGSP
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has extended
the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Jackson County in western North Carolina...
Macon County in western North Carolina...
* Until 200 PM EDT.
* At 810 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 6 and 9 inches of rain
have fallen. Significant flooding appears likely across much of
the warned area, with numerous road closures and water rescues
likely, damage to even well-built structures, and standing in
low-lying areas.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
Numerous road closures. Ongoing stream level rises.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Franklin, Sylva, Cherokee, Cullowhee, Highlands, Balsam, Webster,
Dillsboro, Cashiers, Lake Glenville, B.R. Parkway-Smoky Mountains
To Balsam Gap, B.R. Parkway-Balsam Gap To Black Balsam Area, Black
Balsam Area, Nantahala Lake, B.R. Parkway-Black Balsam To Mount
Pisgah, Ellijay, Cullasaja, Savannah, Cowee and Tuckasegee.
Notably, a flash flood emergency remains in effect for Jackson
County, where emergency management has reported catastrophic impacts
from especially heavy rainfall. Continue to heed road closures and
instructions from emergency response personnel. Do not travel
unless you are fleeing floodwaters.
Instruction:
Heavy rain is significantly increasing the risk of landslides,
especially in areas where slides have occurred in the past. Slides
can destroy single homes and other structures and large sections of
roads. If you are in the warned area, you should not travel, except
to move away from flash flood or landslide dangers. If you are in
the vicinity of a stream near the heavy rainfall, especially on a
mountainside, or at the base of a mountain or in a cove, move
immediately to a safer location.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Area Description:
Jackson, NC; Macon, NC
Forcast Office:
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC