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River Flood Advisory 9, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

December 23, 2011Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood advisory at Dec 23, 2011, 11:21 AM EST for Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 23, 2011, 11:21 AM EST (16:21 UTC)
Expired: Dec 23, 2011, 11:19 PM EST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Henderson County, NC, Transylvania County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point French Broad River at Grove Bridge Rd, in Blantyre (BLAN7). The gauge peaked at 14.49 ft at Dec 23, 2011, 12:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03443000, 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 Dec 23, 10:53 AM EST, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 10:53 AM EST, 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 23, 10:33 AM EST, 48 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
Dec 22, 9:57 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson	6 hr
Dec 22, 10:07 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	12 hr
Dec 22, 10:45 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Transylvania	6 hr
Dec 22, 10:52 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Oconee	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in North Carolina, 2011 Every river flood advisory 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.