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Flood Watch issued October 10 at 2:06AM EDT until October 11 at

Affecting Rabun; Habersham; Stephens; Franklin; Hart; Elbert; Avery; Yancey; Mitchell; Haywood; Buncombe; Northern Jackson; Macon; Southern Jackson; Transylvania; Henderson; Caldwell Mountains; Greater Caldwell; Burke Mountains; Greater Burke; McDowell Mountains; Eastern McDowell; Rutherford Mountains; Greater Rutherford; Polk Mountains; Eastern Polk; Oconee Mountains; Pickens Mountains; Greenville Mountains; Greater Oconee

In effect until: Oct 10, 2026, 2:15 PM

Rabun; Habersham; Stephens; Franklin; Hart; Elbert; Avery; Yancey; Mitchell; Haywood; Buncombe; Northern Jackson; Macon; Southern Jackson; Transylvania; Henderson; Caldwell Mountains; Greater Caldwell; Burke Mountains; Greater Burke; McDowell Mountains; Eastern McDowell; Rutherford Mountains; Greater Rutherford; Polk Mountains; Eastern Polk; Oconee Mountains; Pickens Mountains; Greenville Mountains; Greater Oconee

Possible impact zone; conditions develop through 2:15 PM.

Avoid flooded areas. Move to higher ground if water is rising near you.

Read the original bulletin (official text)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.

* WHERE...Portions of northeast Georgia, including the following
areas, Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun and Stephens,
western North Carolina, including the following areas, Avery,
Buncombe, Burke Mountains, Caldwell Mountains, Eastern McDowell,
Eastern Polk, Greater Burke, Greater Caldwell, Greater Rutherford,
Haywood, Henderson, Macon, McDowell Mountains, Mitchell, Northern
Jackson, Polk Mountains, Rutherford Mountains, Southern Jackson,
Transylvania and Yancey, and Upstate South Carolina, including the
following areas, Greater Oconee, Greenville Mountains, Oconee
Mountains and Pickens Mountains.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through Sunday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Low-water crossings
may be flooded.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- As Isaias weakens and moves northward through the Mid-South early
this morning, rain will become increasingly likely across the
western Carolinas and northeast Georgia. Periods of rain may
begin over the watch area before daybreak, though rainfall rates
will initially be light. Rainfall rates will increase during the
day, and heavy rain is most likely this afternoon through early
Sunday morning, particularly along the south and east facing Blue
Ridge Escarpment, that is, near the southern border of North
Carolina west of I-26, and in the sharp terrain from near Saluda
to Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina. A slow-moving band of
heavy rain may move across northeast Georgia and the Upstate of
South Carolina late this afternoon and this evening.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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Alert data: U.S. National Weather Service / NOAA · Translation: WeatherTranslate™