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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

February 10, 2013Jackson County, Macon County, Transylvania County, North Carolina; Anderson County, South Carolina; 6 counties in Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood watch at Feb 10, 2013, 3:08 AM EST for Jackson County, Macon County, Transylvania County, North Carolina; Anderson County, South Carolina; 6 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 10, 2013, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 10, 2013, 3:08 AM EST (08:08 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 10, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 11, 2013, 3:11 AM EST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Flood severity: None

Counties Elbert County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hart County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Jackson County, NC, Macon County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Anderson County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Feb 10, 12:38 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 12:38 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 9, 4:02 PM EST, 11 hours 6 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
Feb 10, 11:45 AM EST	Wind Advisory	GSP	Avery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Madison, Mitchell and 2 more	15 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Georgia, 2013 Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2013 Flash Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2013 Every flash flood watch in 2013

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.