Met1985

14 minutes ago, WxKnurd said:

Road washed out, this neighbor in Candler is cutoff from the outside world now.  FD setup when I walked down there to get people across.  I was working just upstream from here when I stopped for the day yesterday before it hit the fan.

 

Yeah this may be the community but I heard that some 40 people were cut off because the road was washed away in Candler.

They have set up emergency shelters and are going to announce we are a disaster area on the state and federal level so we can get the adequate help we need around the county. 

19 minutes ago, Maggie Ace said:

Seeing reports of 30 folks unaccounted for in Haywood County. Very disturbing and sad news for our area.

Yeah up in the bethel Cruso area. The river has all but destroyed 276 along the river. Several communities are being difficult to get to because bridges have been washed out. 

37 minutes ago, Local Yokel Wx said:

Highest official total so far is out Lake Toxaway at 17.36" (CoCoRaHS)

 

Cruso FD picked up 14.17"; 5.28" in just 3 hrs Tuesday (9" for the day), which is the cause of the flash flood down East Fork and into Canton

 

Amazing storm totals for around the area. You can see were that line ran for the heaviest rainfall totals. 

50 minutes ago, Rainforrest said:

Cleanup has begun in and around rosman. It’s gonna be a long and hard one but we’ll get through it together. 

Yeah this is taking its toll on a lot of families.  Again several families have lost absolutely everything. 

24 minutes ago, WxKnurd said:

Absolutely unreal Met, my mind can’t fathom that I was on “dry” land there at 1-2 pm only for it to be completely underwater in a matter of hours and then on into the night.  I hope they got the goats and chickens out from behind the hardware shop on the banks of the river.  I’ve enjoyed watching them when walking by on the greenway the last few weeks in the evenings. 

Yeah he made a post earlier saying they got everything out I believe.  Yes the water rose swift and fast through here. This really is unbelievable and heartbreaking for so many. Today has been crazy.

Downtown Canton and the Pisgah football stadium. 

Downtown Canton before dusk. Its much worse currently. 

The river has overtaken the road in downtown Clyde. The top pic was a few hours ago. Bottom is current pic. 

Unbelievable!

2 minutes ago, Rainforrest said:

I’ve never seen it this high before and I’m 50. 

The same. They are expecting a record crest here at the Pigeon river. This is crazy.

This is how bad they are expecting the Pigeon to get tonight.  They are saying it will crest at 15 feet. Hurricane Ivan only crested at 12 feet....

11 minutes ago, ncjoaquin said:

Crazy pics Met. That went from nothing to flooding so quickly. That fit the definition of flash flooding.

 

Yes this was definitely flash flooding.  I've never seen anything like this. 

A elderly woman had to get rescued from her car today because the water was rising so fast.  

This is a main road. 

Just now, Rainforrest said:

The lower end of the town of Rosman. Evacuation’s are taking place. 

Wow!

9 minutes ago, ncjoaquin said:

Worst flooding in Candler since Nov. '77 in my opinion. 5 cars submerged on Smoky Park Hwy. according to WLOS.

 

Yeah this is a historical event for sure.

More pics from Haywood. 

2 minutes ago, Avdave said:

Those pics are insane Met. Wow!!! You guys out there stay safe as you can.  Wish you all the best

Thank you Dave.

More from downtown Clyde.

1 minute ago, Moonhowl said:

Wow!  Amazing photos Met

Thank you 

2 minutes ago, Moonhowl said:

I was guessing there would be flooding at the mill, recall seeing some of the high water marks there from 2004.

 

Yes the Mill is actively flooding as we speak.

Downtown Clyde

Little East Fork.

Near Newfound.