"Record Flood Stage. This stage last occurred in April of 1791 according to Tennessee Valley Authority records. Catastrophic flooding of the Swannanoa River Valley is likely," the National Water Prediction Service posted on the river gauge's website.

The Charlotte area woke up to increasingly heavy rain and wind as Helene, now a tropical storm centered over central Georgia, moved north. A tropical storm warning and a flash flood warning remained in effect for the Charlotte region,

After making landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, Hurricane Helene weakened to a tropical storm as it entered Georgia.