Flood Watch until 6AM Saturday

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg South Carolina has issued a flash flood watch from 6am Friday, August 21, 2020, until 6am on Saturday, August 22, 2020.  A highly moist airmass will persist across the Western Carolinas and Northeast Georgia through tonight. Expect thunderstorms producing high rainfall rates this afternoon and into the overnight period across areas where water levels are elevated from recent heavy precipitation. Storms may anchor or train over the same locations and produce fast rises and flash flooding of streams as well as inundate poor drainage urban areas.  This flash flood watch is for Rabun, Avery, Madison, Yancey, Mitchell, Swain, Haywood, Buncombe, Graham, Northern Jackson, Macon, Southern Jackson, Transylvania, Henderson, Caldwell Mountains, Greater Caldwell, Burke Mountains, Greater Burke, McDowell Mountains, Eastern McDowell, Rutherford Mountains, Polk Mountains, Oconee Mountains, Pickens Mountains, and Greenville Mountains.  Including the cities of Clayton, Pine Mountain, Mountain City, Ingalls, Banner Elk, Newland, Faust, Mars Hill, Marshall, Walnut, Allenstand, Hot Springs, Luck, Swiss, Burnsville, Celo, Micaville, Ramseytown, Busick, Spruce Pine, Poplar, Alarka, Almond, Bryson City, Luada, Wesser, Waynesville, Waterville, Canton, Cruso, Cove Creek, Asheville, Robbinsville, Stecoah, Cullowhee, Tuckasegee, Sylva, Franklin, Rainbow Springs, Kyle, Highlands, Wolf Mountain, Cashiers, Brevard, Cedar Mountain, Little River, Hendersonville, Fletcher, Dana, East Flat Rock, Tuxedo, Etowah, Patterson, Kings Creek, Lenoir, Sawmills, Granite Falls, Jonas Ridge, Morganton, Pleasant Grove, Valdese, Ashford, Sugar Hill, Woodlawn, Old Fort, Marion, Nebo, Dysartsville, Fero, Glenwood, Chimney Rock State Park, Saluda, Mountain Rest, Walhalla, Westminster, Pumpkintown, Tigerville, Gowensville, Cleveland, and Slater-Marietta.  A flash flood watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding, which is a very dangerous situation.  You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should flash flood warnings be issued.