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Flood Watch 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

March 5, 20114 counties in North Carolina; Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flood watch at Mar 5, 2011, 2:49 PM EST for 4 counties in North Carolina; Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 5, 2011, 2:49 PM EST (19:49 UTC)
Expired: Mar 6, 2011, 3:00 PM EST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Flood severity: None

Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Graham County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Transylvania County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Mar 5, 2:43 PM EST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 2:43 PM EST, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 4:40 AM EST, 10 hours 9 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
Mar 5, 3:31 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more	37 hr
Mar 5, 8:23 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	24 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2011 Flood Watches in Georgia, 2011 Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2011 Every flood watch in 2011

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.