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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

October 27, 200915 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina; 6 counties in Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood watch at Oct 27, 2009, 5:00 AM EDT for 15 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina; 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Oct 27, 2009, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 27, 2009, 5:00 AM EDT (09:00 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 27, 2009, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Oct 27, 2009, 9:51 PM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Flood severity
None
All 29 counties

Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Buncombe County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 9:29 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPHenderson, Transylvania13 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2009Flash Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2009Flash Flood Watches in Georgia, 2009Every flash flood watch 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.