Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. River forecasts are based on current conditions and rainfall forecasted to occur over the next 24 hours. During periods of flooding...Evening forecasts are reissued with updated rainfall forecasts. Observed and forecasted stage data plots are available on our Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service web page at... www.weather.gov/lzk Under the Current Conditions section...Select River and Lakes AHPS. The next statement will be issued Saturday morning at 1015 AM CDT.

Dry air and deep mixing will allow the relative humidity to fall to critical values across the North Carolina mountains, foothills, and portions of the western Piedmont this afternoon. Relative Humidity values are expected to be 20 percent or less for several hours this afternoon through early evening. Westerly winds will range from 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph, along and north of the Interstate 40 corridor, to 10 to 20 mph with gusts as high as 30 mph to the south. This combined with dry fuels will result in potentially dangerous fire weather conditions. Refer to your local burn-permitting agency to determine whether you may burn today. If you do burn, exercise extreme caution.