Full Notification

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in North Carolina... French Broad River At Blantyre affecting Henderson and Transylvania Counties. French Broad River Near Fletcher affecting Buncombe and Henderson Counties. .Runoff from previous heavy rain will result in the river remaining above flood stage. These river forecast points crested on Thursday and are slowly falling. The fall of the river stage is rather slow due to the excessive runoff that occurred from the heavy rainfall of the last several days. The Flood Warning continues for The French Broad River Near Fletcher.

* until Sunday afternoon.

* At 11:00 AM Friday the stage was 15.0 feet.

* Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

* The river crested at 15.8 feet at 2:45 AM Thursday.

* Minor flooding is occurring and Minor flooding is forecast.

* Forecast...the river will continue to fall to below flood stage by early Sunday morning. &&

* AFFECTED AREAS: BUNCOMBE ... HENDERSON

Instructions:

The latest stages and forecasts for rivers can be found on our web page at http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=gsp Please report high water...flooding and landslides to the National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg by calling toll free...1...8 0 0...2 6 7...8 1 0 1...or by posting on our Facebook page...or tweet it using hashtag nwsgsp. Your message should describe the event and the specific location where it occurred.