From the National Weather Center: .An exceptional plume of subtropical moisture will flow into the area tonight. Conditions will be favorable for showers and thunderstorms to develop from this moisture and produce torrential downpours. Additional heavy rainfall may occur at times until a cold front pushes through late Thursday. ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... The Flood Watch continues for * portions of northeast Georgia, North Carolina, and upstate South Carolina, including the following areas, in northeast Georgia, Rabun. In North Carolina, Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke Mountains, Caldwell Mountains, Catawba, Eastern McDowell, Eastern Polk, Graham, Greater Burke, Greater Caldwell, Greater Rutherford, Haywood, Henderson, Macon, Madison, McDowell Mountains, Mitchell, Northern Jackson, Polk Mountains, Rutherford Mountains, Southern Jackson, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey. In upstate South Carolina, Greenville Mountains, Oconee Mountains, and Pickens Mountains. * from 1 AM EST Wednesday through Thursday evening * Flooding may occur as soon as tonight near the south and southeast-facing areas of the Blue Ridge Escarpment and adjacent foothills. Rainfall may diminish during the day Wednesday, but heavy rainfall likely will occur again Wednesday night and Thursday. Flooding will become increasingly likely in areas that experience multiple rounds of heavy rainfall.
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