Hurricane Ivan/Waynesville, NC Damage

[TampaFl]

Has anyone heard of any damage from the heavy rains in Waynesville/Maggie Valley, NC area caused by hurricane Ivan. Reports of very heavy rains in the area causing problems.

Thanks
Robert

[Lebowsky]

Someone in Boone told me he is currently getting winds with gusts over 40mph and torrential rains, porch ripped off, trees on verge of falling, river overflowing banks.

Don't know if that is relevant to the area ofyour concern, don't know NC that well.

[itglobalsecure]

Asheville NC has power down all over the city, everywhere. (All my mothers mahjong friends -- that's a lot of people!)

Swannanoa flooding.
Father he said he heard somewhere near had 14", while listneing to the weather radio.

Many a downed tree problem -
no word yet of flooding in the Biltmore area like they had before

However, winds were up to 50mph, but the gusts have really died down now (looks like Asheville finally moved out of the NE quadrant).

[bjacobs99]

3 Killed In Western N.C. As Ivan Pounds Mountains With Wind, Rain
http://www.wral.com/news/3738272/detail.html

[Mister Popps]

My In-Laws live in Maggie/Waynesville area and spoke with them last night at 9pm and today as of 11am ..I have not been able to reach them. Answering machine does not pick up so I guess they are without power for now. I called my Mom-in-law cell phone and left message there also.<p>I will post when I hear from them. They are in the mountains not the valley.

[Kilgore Trout]

I'm in Asheville. A pine tree came down and fell in between my parked cars that I had moved last night. We and 98,000 other folks are without power. Sporadic trees are down throughout the area. Four people have died so far in WNC.

As for flooding, some places are worse than when Frances came through and some are better. Lots of flooding of creeks across the area. Asheville flooding will come within a foot of last weeks high. It amounts to two 100 year floods in a matter of 8 days.

For local news reports go here: http://www.citizen-times.com/.

[Carolina_survivor]

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
515 AM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-172200-

...THE REMNANTS OF IVAN AFFECT WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL BUT THE EASTERN THIRD OF NORTH
CAROLINA...

...FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS...

...HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...

THE INLAND EFFECTS FROM ONCE HURRICANE IVAN AFFECTED THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND DURING THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DOWNED
TREES AND POWER LINES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WITH THE MOST
CONCENTRATED DAMAGE REPORTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. TREES
HAVE BEEN REPORTED BLOWN DOWN ON SEVERAL HOUSES. ONE FATALITY WAS
BEEN REPORTED IN HENDERSON COUNTY DUE TO A TREE CRASHING THROUGH A
RESIDENCE.

IN ADDITION TO THE DAMAGING WINDS... THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL AND FLOODING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS THROUGH THE NIGHT RANGED FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCAL
AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN FACING HIGHER
MOUNTAINS. FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN HOT SPRINGS... FRANKLIN...
ASHEVILLE... BREVARD... AND WAYNESVILLE. TO THE EAST OF THE
MOUNTAINS... SOME HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE FOOTHILLS. HOWEVER...
RAINFALL OVER THE PIEDMONT AND POINTS EAST HAD BEEN LIGHT. GUSTY
WINDS WERE NOTED IN THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OVERNIGHT... WITH LIGHTER
WIND IN THE EAST.

THE REMNANTS OF IVAN WERE LOCATED NEAR THE TENNESSEE... NORTH
CAROLINA... AND GEORGIA BORDER EARLY FRIDAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA
IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES VERY SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE AREA...
BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THE
HEAVIEST RAIN IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS TO THE EAST.