Flash Flood Warning

FFWGSP

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Central Buncombe County in western North Carolina...

* Until midnight EDT.

* At 605 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Downtown Asheville, East Asheville, West Asheville, North Asheville, Woodfin, Swannanoa, Weaverville, Biltmore Forest, Bent Creek, UNC-Asheville, Enka, B.R. Parkway-Nc Arboretum To East Asheville, Leicester, Skyland, Warren Wilson College, B.R. Parkway-East Asheville To Craggy Gardens and Candler.