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Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

August 17, 2010Alexander County, Burke County, Caldwell County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 2010, 11:35 PM EDT for Alexander County, Burke County, Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 100 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 17, 2010, 11:35 PM EDT (03:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2010, 1:15 AM EDT
In force
100 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Alexander County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 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 Aug 17, 10:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 10:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 3:35 PM EDT, 8 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
335 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 2010

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065-
068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-181945-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-ALEXANDER-
IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-
ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-
ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
335 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 2010

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
REGION INTO THE EVENING. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY
HEAVY...IF NOT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.

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

NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON
WEDNESDAY...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACCOMPANYING
THE STRONGER STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 17, 6:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 11:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchGSPAlexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 21 more35 hr
Aug 18, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe52 min
Aug 18, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGaston, Mecklenburg63 min
Aug 18, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPMcDowell27 min
Aug 18, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPBurke, McDowell, Rutherford48 min
Aug 18, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston24 min
Aug 18, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston37 min
Aug 18, 7:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPHenderson, Rutherford3 hr
Aug 18, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester37 min
Aug 18, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion42 min
Aug 18, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester39 min
Aug 18, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCherokee35 min

Nearby

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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.