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Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
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 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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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 11:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 21 more | 35 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Buncombe | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 63 min |
| Aug 18, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | McDowell | 27 min |
| Aug 18, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Burke, McDowell, Rutherford | 48 min |
| Aug 18, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 24 min |
| Aug 18, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Gaston | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 7:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Henderson, Rutherford | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 35 min |
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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.