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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood watch at Sep 10, 2008, 11:02 AM EDT for 9 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2008, 11:02 AM EDT (15:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Alexander County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Davie County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Union County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Sep 10, 10:53 AM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 10:53 AM EDT, 9 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 11:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Alexander | 114 min |
| Sep 10, 4:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg | 2 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 6:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford | 86 min |
| Sep 10, 3:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Hart | 112 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.