ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Rain-soaked roads greeted Asheville and Buncombe County residents Monday morning, and while Buncombe County is not under a Flood Watch, forecasters say the threat of localized flash flooding isn’t over yet.
The National Weather Service is warning that additional rounds of showers and thunderstorms could bring heavy rainfall to much of Western North Carolina through Monday evening. While the greatest flood threat is expected north and east of Buncombe County, isolated flash flooding remains possible across the Asheville area wherever slow-moving storms develop.
A Flood Watch remains in effect through 8 p.m. for portions of the northern North Carolina mountains and foothills, including Avery, Yancey, Mitchell and McDowell counties, including communities such as Burnsville, Newland, Spruce Pine, Marion, Morganton and Old Fort, where saturated ground and additional rainfall could quickly lead to dangerous flash flooding…