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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

December 9, 2009Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood warning at Dec 9, 2009, 11:38 AM EST for Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 9, 2009, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 9, 2009, 11:38 AM EST (16:38 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 9, 2009, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 10, 2009, 3:56 PM EST
In force: 21 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 16:35 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 16.14 ft at Dec 10, 2009, 3:00 AM 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 Dec 9, 11:15 AM EST, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 11:15 AM EST, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 10:32 AM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 9, 5:44 AM EST, 5 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
544 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0537 AM     TSTM WND GST     3 N GREENWOOD           34.23N 82.15W
12/09/2009  E65 MPH          GREENWOOD          SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS LIMBS DOWN

&&

RWH

Local storm report, Dec 9, 6:07 AM EST, 5 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
607 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0518 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST LAURENS                 34.50N 82.03W
12/09/2009  M85 MPH          LAURENS            SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NO DAMAGE NOTED. THIS WAS AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS
            ASSOCIATED WITH A GRAVITY WAVE IN THE COLD POOL.

&&

RWH

Local storm report, Dec 9, 6:31 AM EST, 5 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
631 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N CROSS HILL          34.32N 81.98W
12/09/2009                   LAURENS            SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            ONE MOBILE HOME BLOWN OVER ON LIBERTY SPRINGS RD. NO
            INJURIES. OTHER MOBILE HOMES LIFTED OFF THEIR FOUNDATIONS
            ON BILLY LEOPARD RD.

0527 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NNE GREENWOOD         34.22N 82.14W
12/09/2009                   GREENWOOD          SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN...MAINLY NORTH AND
            NORTHEAST OF GREENWOOD. ALSO A TREE THROUGH A HOUSE ON
            HALTIWANGER RD.

&&

RWH

Local storm report, Dec 9, 6:46 AM EST, 4 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
646 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ABBEVILLE               34.18N 82.38W
12/09/2009                   ABBEVILLE          SC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN IN AND AROUND THE CITY. 1 TREE
            BLOWN ONTO A HOUSE.

&&

MCAVOY

Local storm report, Dec 9, 7:24 AM EST, 4 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
724 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CROSS HILL              34.30N 81.98W
12/09/2009                   LAURENS            SC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON SPRING ST. TRAMPOLINES BLOWN OVER
            AND DEBRIS EVERYWHERE.

&&

RWH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 8, 9:19 PM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	GSP	Avery, Burke, Caldwell	6 hr
Dec 9, 2:48 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain	6 hr
Dec 9, 3:52 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Madison, Transylvania	6 hr
Dec 9, 6:42 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Polk	3 hr
Dec 9, 6:55 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Swain	5 hr
Dec 9, 8:27 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland and 10 more	93 min
Dec 9, 4:03 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens	6 hr
Dec 9, 5:18 AM EST	Tornado Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens	42 min
Dec 9, 7:43 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	3 hr
Dec 9, 2:54 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Rabun	6 hr
Dec 9, 8:31 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Habersham	119 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.