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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

November 10, 2009Graham County, Swain County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Nov 10, 2009, 5:59 PM EST for Graham County, Swain County, North Carolina. It was in force for 10 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
Nov 10, 2009, 5:59 PM EST (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 2009, 3:45 AM EST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Graham County, NC, Swain County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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 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 Nov 10, 3:47 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 3:47 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 10, 4:14 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
414 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2009

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-501>508-SCZ008-009-014-112115-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-
BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-CHEROKEE-YORK-CHESTER-
414 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH
CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY. IN
ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN...WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...WITH
GUSTS OVER 30 MPH EXPECTED AT TIMES. AS THE GROUND BECOMES
INCREASINGLY SATURATED...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO KNOCK OVER
A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF TREES. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS POWER
OUTAGES AND BLOCKED ROADS CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL TOTALS OVER TWO INCHES
AS WELL AS ANY STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS THAT ARE FLOODING ROADS.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-509-510-
SCZ001>007-010>013-019-112115-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-
MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-GREENWOOD-
414 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL LAST INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN...WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...WITH
GUSTS OVER 30 MPH EXPECTED AT TIMES. AS THE GROUND BECOMES
INCREASINGLY SATURATED...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO KNOCK OVER
A FEW TREES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND A FEW BLOCKED ROADS CAN
BE EXPECTED. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND POSSIBLY INTO THURSDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL TOTALS OVER TWO INCHES
AS WELL AS ANY STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS THAT ARE FLOODING ROADS.

MCAVOY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 10, 2:37 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 10:24 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania3 days
Nov 10, 3:39 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union8 hr
Nov 10, 5:22 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPGraham, Macon, Swain8 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2009Every flash flood warning in 2009

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.