The area. 1730 customers without power in buncombe county and 90 customers without power in anderson, 180 in greenville. Mike a rough morning weatherwise, so we start with dale. Dale Flash Flood Warnings have been canceled, but we are under flood watch through thursday morning becae of more rain. Flash flood warnings are over. Wet roads across the upstate. This is woodruff road and the shops at greenwich. We have slippery driving conditions this morning. Heavy rain is moving to the east on i77 corridor and coming down in parts of cherokee county, union, york and chester. Getting a break in the western part of the upstate. Counties still dealing with flooding in transylvania, polk county, and Flash Flood Warnings are over. The heavy rain last night came in such a hurry. It led to some creeks and streams coming out of their banks. Flood watches will continue through thursday morning as we get ready for round two in the rain. This is the current line of showers and thunderstorms. We will
Power in greenwood. Aly a little good news, a little bad news from you today, i feel, right . Dale this particular front is coming to an end. We may see a few isolated showers through the morning. We get a break this aftenanother wave expected to develop will bring us more rain tomorrow morning. Through the day tomorrow we will have one more day of heavy rain possibilities. Then, drier weather comes in for thursday through the weekend. Hang in there and keeeethe umbrella, rain jacket handy. Temperature of 68 in greenville. Very warm. It will drop a little bit and climb back to 70. 60 in asheville will climb to upper 60s before the day is out. We are seeing a southwest breeze at 1015. It will be breezy at times in the foothills of North Carolina. Temperature wise, 7071 for the afternoon. This is not normal. Weekend and feel at winter. We enjoy wild mild temperatures in the mens again today, too. It is soggy after the rain overnight. We get a break this afternoon before the next wave sta
Even though the water has receded in asheville, more issues are expected with the coming rain. She asks folks to respect those barricades if they see them. Mike were also seeing flooding in the upstate. This is sky 4 video from just a short time ago as it flew over caroland farms in landrum. They tell us the water is about three feet deep in some places. Their biggest concern is their cattle. Theyve been moving the animals to Higher Ground and making su gates are open so the cows move to Higher Ground on their own if need be. Theres also a concern about the equipment. The farm tells us theres not much they can do about the crop fields or the barns at this point. Were also told that part of highway 14 is closed and that water levels have been rising steadily. Lets take a look outside an woodruff road sky cam in hour greenville and our asheville sky cam. Doesnt seem too bad after the morning we had. Dale it is nice to see the sunshine. We deserve it after the wet weather we have had the
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