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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 27, 2009Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood warning at May 27, 2009, 9:09 PM EDT for Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 27, 2009, 9:09 PM EDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2009, 7:53 AM EDT
In force: 11 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 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The river

Written for the forecast point French Broad River at Grove Bridge Rd, in Blantyre (BLAN7). The gauge peaked at 15.92 ft at May 28, 2009, 3:00 AM EDT.

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 May 27, 7:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 7:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 3:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
320 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2009

GAZ010-017-NCZ062>065-501>510-SCZ001-002-004-005-281930-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
320 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-068>072-082-SCZ003-
006>014-019-281930-
STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-
YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-
NORTHERN JACKSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-
UNION NC-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
320 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN VERY MOIST
AIR THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY
RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS IS
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 8:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Burke, Caldwell	110 min
May 28, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Buncombe, Madison	39 min
May 28, 2:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Henderson, Polk, Rutherford	59 min
May 28, 2:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Avery, Caldwell	110 min
May 28, 2:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Avery, Caldwell	3 hr
May 28, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland	53 min
May 28, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	52 min
May 28, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan	63 min
May 28, 5:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg	111 min
May 28, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union	74 min
May 28, 7:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Union	63 min
May 28, 1:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Oconee	117 min
May 28, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville	42 min
May 28, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	33 min
May 28, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	62 min
May 28, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Spartanburg	63 min
May 28, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg	56 min
May 28, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union	47 min
May 28, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, York	56 min
May 28, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, York	56 min
May 28, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, York	34 min
May 28, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, Union	61 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2009 Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.