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River Flood Advisory 6, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood advisory at Aug 5, 2011, 4:01 PM EDT for Gaston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2011, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2011, 11:16 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
County Gaston County, NC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point SF Catawba River below George Poston Park, 1 N Lowell (LOWN7). The gauge peaked at 9.47 ft at Aug 5, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 13 ft
- Major stage
- 15.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02145000, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Aug 5, 2:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 2:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 503 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2011 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-060915- 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- 503 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. WITH WEAK WINDS AND A VERY MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHERE STORMS AFFECT URBAN LOCATIONS. ONE OR TWO OF THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY ALSO PRODUCED SMALL AREAS OF DAMAGING WIND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. 14
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 2:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 10:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rutherford, Union | 109 min |
| Aug 5, 11:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 11:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Gaston, Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 12:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Mecklenburg, Union | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 12:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 12:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston, Mecklenburg | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 1:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 108 min |
| Aug 5, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Mecklenburg | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 3:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Transylvania | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Haywood | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Madison | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 6:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cabarrus, Mecklenburg | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Habersham | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Franklin, Stephens | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Franklin, Stephens | 67 min |
| Aug 5, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Franklin | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Elbert, Hart | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Hart | 65 min |
| Aug 5, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Habersham | 25 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.