The National Weather Service has issued a river flood warning for Buncombe County. The full text is below:
RIVER FLOOD WARNING FROM 9AM EDT FRI UNTIL 2PM EDT SAT
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER NEAR FLETCHER. * UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON…OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 7:45 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.8 FEET * FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST…RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 13.5 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACT…AT 13.0 FEET…MINOR FLOOD STAGE. FRENCH BROAD RIVER FLOODWATERS ARE NOW INUNDATING BANNER FARM RD. FLOODWATERS MAY BE APPROACHING PORTIONS OF GLENN BRIDGE RD. FARMLAND AND OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS WITHIN THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER VALLEY FROM ETOWAH TO AVERY CREEK ARE EXPERIENCING SCATTERED FLOODING. GLENN BRIDGE PARK AND RIVER ACCESS IS EXPERIENCING SCATTERED FLOODING.
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