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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

November 10, 2009Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood warning at Nov 10, 2009, 10:24 AM EST for Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 11, 2009, 7:17 AM EST. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 10, 2009, 10:24 AM EST (15:24 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 11, 2009, 7:17 AM EST
Expired: Nov 13, 2009, 1:55 PM EST
In force: 55 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 15:26 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 17.67 ft at Nov 12, 2009, 7:00 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 Nov 10, 2:41 AM EST, 7 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 2:41 AM EST, 7 hours 43 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
Nov 10, 3:39 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Union	8 hr
Nov 10, 5:22 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Graham, Macon, Swain	8 hr
Nov 10, 5:59 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Graham, Swain	10 hr

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.