February 9, 2018

We are off to a wonderful start today but looks can be deceiving.  Duke Energy is releasing water from both the East and West Forks of the Tuckasegee River for the next 72 hours and on the lower Nantahala until 11:59 pm.  I would guess this is in preparation for the upcoming rain event that we are forecast to get. 

The National Weather Service has us under a flood watch starting at 7 Saturday morning.

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA, HABERSHAM AND RABUN COUNTIES. IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, GRAHAM, HAYWOOD, MACON, JACKSON, SWAIN, AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES. * FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * ABUNDANT MOISTURE ARRIVING FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL PRODUCE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WEEKEND. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL LIKELY REACH 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS, WITH LOCALIZED 3 TO 5 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN SOUTHWESTERLY UPSLOPE PREFERRED LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS. * THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL ON GROUND STILL MOIST FROM RAINFALL EARLIER IN THE WEEK. MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE STILL RUNNING AT ELEVATED LEVELS FROM THE RECENT RAINFALL, AND FLOODING WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. &&

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...ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO INCREASE THE FLOODING THREAT OVER THE WEEKEND... .A DEEP FETCH OF MOISTURE WILL DEVELOP FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS OVER THE WEEKEND. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP, AFFECTING SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS STILL MOIST FROM HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS WEEK. FLOODING MAY DEVELOP ALONG STREAMS AND MAIN STEM RIVERS

Tight Lines!