Weather Alert
Buncombe County, NC
Status: Active Alert
Start: 10/11/26 10:29 PM
End: Ongoing
Dur: 02:22
Flood Advisory issued October 11 at 10:29PM EDT until October 13 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
...The Flood Advisory is extended for the following rivers in North Carolina...
French Broad River Near at Old Fanning Bridge Rd, 3 W Fletcher affecting Buncombe and Henderson Counties.
.Excessive runoff from a widespread 4 to 5 inch storm total rainfall will maintain flooding along the French Broad River.

* WHAT...
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.

* WHERE...
French Broad River near at Old Fanning Bridge Rd, 3 W Fletcher.

* WHEN...
Until Tuesday morning.

* IMPACTS...
At 10.0 feet, Action/Advisory Stage. The French Broad River has exceeded bankfull at the gauge site. Isolated farmland flooding is expected across the French Broad River Valley from Etowah downstream to Avery Creek upstream of the gauge site. At 11.5 feet, Action Stage Flooding continues. Butler Bridge Road is inundated with up to 6 inches of floodwaters from the French Broad River, forcing road closure.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:00 PM EDT Sunday the stage was 11.7 feet, and nearly steady.
- Bankfull stage is 10.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to start falling slowly overnight, and fall to 9 ft feet Friday evening.
- Action/Advisory Stage is 10.0 feet.
- Minor Flood Stage is 13.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood



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