WGUS82 KGSP 160948
FLSGSP

Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
548 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025

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Haywood NC-Jackson NC-
548 AM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025

...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Nuisance flooding and high stream flows caused by heavy 
  rainfall is expected.

* WHERE...A portion of western North Carolina, including the 
  following counties, Haywood and Jackson.

* WHEN...Until 845 AM EDT.

* IMPACTS...Nuisance flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. 
  Some streams will continue rising to near bankfull in the Advisory 
  area. This includes Richland Creek in and near the Waynesville, 
  where a stream gauge is expected to exceed the action stage of 6 
  feet for a couple of hours this morning.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 542 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
    thunderstorms. Nuisance  flooding is ongoing or expected to
    begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 3 inches of
    rain have fallen, but additional rainfall is expected to be
    light.
  - Some locations that will experience flooding include...
    Waynesville, Cherokee, and Maggie Valley.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

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LAT...LON 3548 8298 3534 8298 3535 8309 3542 8317
      3550 8321 3554 8310


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