[Arm_Bears]

Asheville will be flooded?

Really?

[kalee]

I’m in the Triangle area, it’s breezy, with occasional strong gusty winds, and it is raining. The ground was already saturated because it has rained every day since Thurs before last and models last night were predicting up to 10 inches of rain could fall. This additional rain could cause flooding, power outages, uprooted trees, and broken limbs. We lost two good sized limbs off of pecan trees earlier in the week. This could turn into a big mess.

[jjotto]

http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2015/09/30/how-much-rain-fell-wnc/73080992/

[Steely Tom]

Yeah, exactly.

Asheville’s elevation is 2,134 feet above sea level.

[Adder]

Actually yes...it could happen. Without the hurricane, Asheville is looking at about 6” of rain this weekend.

I know when Ivan hit the city was devastated...

And we have had pretty much steady rain days since last week.

I would not be surprised if there was a rock slide on I40 just west of Asheville....

[envisio]

Well, a valley, yeah. Dozens of creeks that can overflow in property and up over roads. They do this on moderate rain days.

So... yeah.

[PistolPaknMama]

Asheville will be flooded?

We could hope. Wash all those artsy fartsy yankee liberals away.

[Rebelbase]

There's been 6 inches of rainfall in the past week with another 6-10 predicted for the Asheville area this weekend.

Mountain stream and river valleys don't do well in high rainfall events and steep watersheds provide little notice when they decide to flash flood.

The pic below is the Biltmore section of Asheville from several years ago.

[deport]

Has been flooded more than once.