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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

January 25, 2010Buncombe County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood warning at Jan 25, 2010, 3:05 PM EST for Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 25, 2010, 3:05 PM EST (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Jan 25, 2010, 8:19 PM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Flood severity
Minor

County Buncombe County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Pearson Bridge Rd, 2 NW Asheville (AVLN7). The gauge peaked at 8.00 ft at Jan 25, 2010, 3:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
6.5 ft
Minor stage
9.5 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03451500, 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 Jan 25, 2:43 PM EST, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 2:43 PM EST, 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 25, 5:24 AM EST, 9 hours 41 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 25, 9:37 AM EST, 5 hours 28 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 25, 2:26 PM EST, 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 24, 7:32 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford6 hr
Jan 24, 7:50 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPCleveland6 hr
Jan 24, 8:11 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPAlexander, Catawba, Lincoln6 hr
Jan 24, 8:46 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPIredell6 hr
Jan 24, 8:57 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPGaston6 hr
Jan 24, 9:13 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPGraham, Swain5 hr
Jan 24, 10:44 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPMecklenburg6 hr
Jan 24, 11:11 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPCabarrus, Davie, Rowan6 hr
Jan 24, 11:22 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPHenderson, Transylvania3 hr
Jan 24, 11:24 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPMecklenburg, Union23 min
Jan 24, 11:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRowan45 min
Jan 25, 12:17 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPUnion3 hr
Jan 25, 12:52 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPBurke, Caldwell, McDowell3 hr
Jan 25, 1:00 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPPolk, Rutherford3 hr
Jan 25, 1:48 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPCleveland3 hr
Jan 25, 1:52 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningGSPCleveland26 hr
Jan 25, 2:41 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPIredell3 hr
Jan 25, 2:56 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPLincoln3 hr
Jan 25, 4:43 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGSPAvery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Madison and 3 more43 hr
Jan 25, 4:45 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPMecklenburg3 hr
Jan 25, 5:10 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPCabarrus, Rowan3 hr
Jan 25, 5:50 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPCatawba, Iredell3 hr
Jan 25, 6:04 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPLincoln3 hr
Jan 25, 7:56 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPAlexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Davie and 6 more6 hr
Jan 25, 8:44 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHenderson, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania5 hr
Jan 24, 7:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAnderson, Oconee, Pickens42 min
Jan 24, 7:21 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPAnderson, Oconee, Pickens24 min
Jan 24, 7:58 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPAbbeville, Anderson6 hr
Jan 24, 8:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPGreenville, Laurens, Spartanburg6 hr
Jan 24, 10:03 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPGreenwood, Laurens3 hr
Jan 24, 10:09 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningGSPAnderson, Greenville14 hr
Jan 24, 10:33 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPCherokee, Union6 hr
Jan 24, 10:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union24 min
Jan 24, 11:05 PM ESTTornado WarningGSPCherokee, Chester, Union, York40 min
Jan 24, 11:07 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPOconee, Pickens113 min
Jan 25, 12:10 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPGreenville110 min
Jan 25, 1:52 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningGSPCherokee, York32 hr
Jan 25, 2:28 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPGreenville, Laurens, Spartanburg3 hr
Jan 25, 5:40 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPGreenville, Spartanburg3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010

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.