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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 27, 2009Anderson County, Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2009, 10:01 AM EDT for Anderson County, Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 27, 2009, 10:01 AM EDT (14:01 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2009, 12:25 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Anderson County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at May 27, 7:36 AM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 7:36 AM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 4:07 AM EDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 27, 8:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 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
May 26, 8:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Catawba, Iredell	48 min
May 26, 8:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	McDowell, Rutherford	55 min
May 26, 10:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Gaston, Lincoln	56 min
May 27, 12:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Macon	114 min
May 27, 10:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania and 1 more	118 min
May 27, 1:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cleveland, Gaston	58 min
May 27, 3:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Burke, Caldwell	59 min
May 27, 7:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	McDowell	113 min
May 26, 10:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Oconee	112 min
May 27, 8:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Anderson	118 min
May 27, 12:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cherokee, Chester, Union, York	47 min
May 26, 9:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Rabun	54 min
May 27, 12:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Rabun	2 hr

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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.