Weather Alert
Buncombe County, NC
Status: Alert Ended
Start: 7/18/26 7:49 PM
End: 7/18/26 10:45 PM
Dur: 02:56
Canceled 7/18/26 10:45 PM

Flood Advisory issued July 18 at 7:49PM EDT until July 18 at 10:45PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC

* WHAT...
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.

* WHERE...
Southeastern Buncombe County in western North Carolina...
Northern Henderson County in western North Carolina...

* WHEN...
Until 1045 PM EDT.

* IMPACTS...
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 745 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly especially in the Fletcher/Mills River/Avery Creek area where the heaviest rainfall totals have fallen in the last hour or so. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen so far.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Hendersonville, Arden, Mills River, Fletcher, Etowah, Mountain Home, Chimney Rock Village, Asheville Airport, Skyland, Biltmore Park, B.R. Parkway-Mount Pisgah To The NC Arboretum, Bat Cave, Chimney Rock State Park, Mount Pisgah, B.R. Parkway-Black Balsam To Mount Pisgah, Avery Creek, Horse Shoe and Forge Mountain.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood



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