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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 5, 2008Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood warning at Mar 5, 2008, 6:48 AM EST for Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It took effect at Mar 5, 2008, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 5, 2008, 6:48 AM EST (11:48 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 5, 2008, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Mar 6, 2008, 9:48 AM EST
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Henderson County, NC, Transylvania County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point French Broad River at Grove Bridge Rd, in Blantyre (BLAN7). The gauge peaked at 16.18 ft at Mar 5, 2008, 12:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03443000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Mar 5, 6:37 AM EST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 6:37 AM EST, 11 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 4, 7:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Iredell, Mecklenburg	72 min
Mar 4, 8:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	60 min
Mar 4, 8:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Davie, Rowan	82 min
Mar 4, 8:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg, Union	72 min
Mar 4, 11:54 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	7 hr
Mar 4, 7:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, Laurens, Union, York	61 min
Mar 4, 8:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	47 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.