{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.a65c4a12dda4346984660df001aba1a107bee212.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 23 at 6:05PM EDT until July 24 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-23","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.a65c4a12dda4346984660df001aba1a107bee212.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC"},"word_count":233,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 23 at 6:05PM EDT until July 24 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Buncombe, NC\n**Issued by:** NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC\n**Sent:** 2026-07-23T18:05:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-23T18:05:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-24T00:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nFFWGSP\n\nThe National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nCentral Buncombe County in western North Carolina...\n\n* Until midnight EDT.\n\n* At 605 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated\nthunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between\n2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of\n1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is\nongoing or expected to begin shortly.\n\nHAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.\n\nSOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.\n\nIMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,\nhighways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor\ndrainage and low-lying areas.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nDowntown Asheville, East Asheville, West Asheville, North\nAsheville, Woodfin, Swannanoa, Weaverville, Biltmore Forest, Bent\nCreek, UNC-Asheville, Enka, B.R. Parkway-Nc Arboretum To East\nAsheville, Leicester, Skyland, Warren Wilson College, B.R.\nParkway-East Asheville To Craggy Gardens and Candler.\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles.\n\nBe especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the\ndangers of flooding.\n\nBe aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads."}