River Flood Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Issued

Dec 26, 2012, 7:59 AM EST (12:59 UTC)

In effect from

Dec 26, 2012, 11:21 PM EST

Expired

Dec 27, 2012, 6:48 AM EST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Henderson County, NC, Transylvania County, NC

The Greer radar (KGSP), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Written for the forecast point French Broad River at Grove Bridge Rd, in Blantyre (BLAN7). The gauge peaked at 15.47 ft at Dec 27, 2012, 12:00 AM 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.

739 
WGUS42 KGSP 261259
FLWGSP

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
759 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG 
HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH 
CAROLINA...

  FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT BLANTYRE AFFECTING HENDERSON AND 
  TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES

.2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS IN THE HEADWATERS OF 
THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER. RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE THE RIVER AT BLANTYRE
TO RISE JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. 

 REMEMBER...RIVER STAGE FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED AND 
FORECASTED RAINFALL. IF ACTUAL RAINFALL VARIES FROM THE FORECAST 
VALUES...THE RIVER STAGE WILL VARY ACCORDINGLY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. REMEMBER...NIGHTIME MAKES IT
DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE FLOODED AREAS.

THE LATEST STAGES AND FORECASTS FOR RIVERS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEB 
PAGE AT HTTP://NEWWEB.ERH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=GSP


&&

NCC089-175-271259-
/O.NEW.KGSP.FL.W.0002.121227T0421Z-121228T0936Z/
/BLAN7.1.ER.121227T0421Z.121227T1200Z.121227T2136Z.NO/
759 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT BLANTYRE.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT  7:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.3 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE 
  TO NEAR 16.5 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 16 FEET FARMFIELDS AND A TREE FARM NEAR GROVE BRIDGE ROAD WILL 
  BEGIN TO FLOOD. AT 17.0 FEET...WATER WILL APPROACH BUILDINGS NORTH OF 
  GROVE BRIDGE ROAD ALONG HIGHWAY 64.  FARMLAND BETWEEN THE RIVER AND
  THE RAILROAD WILL BE FLOODED.  LOW LYING AREA ON GROVE BRIDGE, 
  PLEASANT GROVE AND TALLY ROADS WILL BE FLOODED. 

&&
 
LAT...LON 3545 8261 3545 8244 3521 8264 3527 8273 3540 8257

$$

631 
WGUS82 KGSP 270025
FLSGSP

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
725 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS 
IN NORTH CAROLINA...

  FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT BLANTYRE AFFECTING HENDERSON AND TRANSYLVANIA 
  COUNTIES.
  
.RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN THE RIVER RISING
JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVER BANKS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY 
FROM DRAINAGE AREAS AND CULVERTS. 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVER FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED AND 
FORECAST RAINFALL. IF ACTUAL RAINFALL VARIES FROM THE FORECAST
VALUES...THE RIVER STAGE WILL VARY ACCORDINGLY.

&&

NCC089-175-280025-
/O.EXT.KGSP.FL.W.0002.121227T0936Z-121228T1500Z/
/BLAN7.1.ER.121227T0936Z.121227T1800Z.121228T0300Z.NO/
725 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT BLANTYRE.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT TO FRIDAY MORNING.
* AT  6:30 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.2 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TOMORROW AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 16.5 FEET BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL 
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW LATE EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 17.5 FEET...THE BRIDGE ON GROVE BRIDGE ROAD WILL BE 
  FLOODED AND THE RIVER WILL BEGIN TO OVERTOP THE RAILROAD TRACKS 
  SOUTH OF GROVE ROAD.  FLOODING OF MOST AREAS BETWEEN THE RIVER AND 
  RAILROAD WILL CONTINUE.

&&
 
LAT...LON 3545 8261 3545 8244 3521 8264 3527 8273 3540 8257

$$

797 
WGUS82 KGSP 271148
FLSGSP

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
648 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS 
IN NORTH CAROLINA...

  FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT BLANTYRE AFFECTING HENDERSON AND TRANSYLVANIA 
  COUNTIES.

.RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN HAS WORKED ITS WAY FURTHER 
DOWNSTREAM THUS...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL SLOWLY.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVER BANKS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY 
FROM DRAINAGE AREAS AND CULVERTS. 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVER FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED AND 
FORECAST RAINFALL. IF ACTUAL RAINFALL VARIES FROM THE FORECAST
VALUES...THE RIVER STAGE WILL VARY ACCORDINGLY.

&&

NCC089-175-271218-
/O.CAN.KGSP.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121228T1500Z/
/BLAN7.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
648 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER AT BLANTYRE.
* AT  6:30 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.3 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 15.5 FEET.

&&
 
LAT...LON 3545 8261 3545 8244 3521 8264 3527 8273 3540 8257

$$

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2012Every river flood warning in 2012

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.