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River Flood Advisory 13, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

January 30, 2013Buncombe County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood advisory at Jan 30, 2013, 9:14 PM EST for Buncombe County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 31, 2013, 12:07 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 30, 2013, 9:14 PM EST (02:14 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 31, 2013, 12:07 AM EST
Expired
Jan 31, 2013, 9:00 AM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Buncombe County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Swannanoa River below Hendersonville Rd (NC 81), in Biltmore Village (2 S Asheville) (BLTN7).

Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
14.5 ft
Major stage
16.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03451000, 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 Jan 30, 7:01 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 7:01 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
701 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY WILL GIVE WAY TO DRIER HIGH PRESSURE ON
THURSDAY. ANOTHER...FAIRLY WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE REGION
ON FRIDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING BACK IN FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 700 PM...THE LAST COUPLE OF UPDATES WERE TO THE TORNADO WATCH
TO CLEAR COUNTIES AS A LINE OF QUASI-LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM TRACKS
WEST TO EAST ACRS THE CWFA. THE LINE IS ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE FROM
ALEXANDER COUNTY TO GAFFNEY...TO GREENWOOD SC. THE WATCH MAY NEED TO
BE EXTENDED AN HOUR OR SO FOR THE SE CORNER OF THE CWFA...IF THE
THREAT CONTINUES.

AS OF 230 PM EST ON WEDNESDAY...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE GSP COUNTY WARNING AREA UNTIL 8PM THIS EVENING. PLEASE CHECK
OUR WARNINGS/WATCHES/ADVISORIES FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.

LATEST REGIONAL DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBS REVEALED THAT A
STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH SQUALL LINE WAS STRETCHING FROM NE
GEORGIA TO THE FAR WESTERN NC MOUNTAINS. THIS LINE HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING LOCAL FLOODING...WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES.
THE LATEST NAM/GFS/RAP/HI-RES ARW ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THIS
CONVECTIVE LINE WILL CROSS THE WESTERN NC MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA THROUGH 21Z (5PM EST)...UPSTATE SC AND NC FOOTHILLS 21Z-00Z
(5PM-8PM)...NC PEIDMONT INCLUDING THE CHAROLLTE METRO AREA 00Z-03Z
(8PM-11PM). SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG WITH STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF
20-35MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION AHEAD OF THIS LINE. CURRENT
LAPS AND THE SPC HOURLY MESOSCALE ANALYSIS REVEALED STRONG LOW LEVEL
WIND SHEAR OF +40KTS(0-1KM LAYER) WITH SURFACE BASED CAPE VALUES OF
100-200J/KG ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL
SUPPORT WIDEPSREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES ACROSS THE
AREA. IN ADDITION...HEAVY DOWNPOUR WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES
WILL OCCUR DURING THE PASSAGE OF THIS SQUALL LINE. I HAVE CARRIED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WEATHER GRIDS FOR ALL LOCATIONS THROUGH
THE PERIOD. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE REGION BY MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT...WITH POPS TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.

STRONG NW COLD ADVECTION FLOW WILL TAKE PLACE BEHIND THE DEPARTING
FRONT TONIGHT. H85 TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO COOL TO -10C ACROSS
THE NORTHERN NC MOUTAINS. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH ABUNDENT LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE TO GENERATE UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS MAINLY ALONG THE TN BORDER
LINE MIDNIGNTH INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL QPF VALUES FROM
THE UPSLOPE PRECIP WILL BE LIGHT WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING
FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES FALLING TO THE MID 20S
WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE AND FROZE SLUSH THURSDAY
MORNING...SO I WILL CONTINUE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ACROSS THE
NORTHERN NC MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WITH COLD AIR MASS
MOVING IN BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT...OUR MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES ON
THURDAY WILL BE AROUND 30 DEGREES COOLER THAN THIS MORNING'S LOW. WE
WILL SEE CLEARING SKIES WITH MUCH COOLER AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ON
THURSDAY AS DRY CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF NOON WEDNESDAY...THE SHORT RANGE WILL BE RELATIVELY TRANQUIL
AS WE REMAIN AT THE BOTTOM OF A BROAD UPPER LONG WAVE TROF THROUGH
THE PERIOD. A CLIPPER LIKE WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE TROF WILL PASS TO
THE NORTH THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL DRIVE A REINFORCING COLD FRONT
ACROSS THE REGION. THE FRONT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A DECENT SLUG OF LOW
TO MID LEVEL MOISTURE THAT WILL GET RUN UP THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE
MTNS BY SOME STRONG W TO NW FLOW AT 850MB. THIS SHOULD FORCE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MTNS MAINLY NEAR THE TN BORDER.
THE AIR MASS IS COLD ENOUGH THAT WHATEVER FALLS SHOULD BE ALL SNOW.
HARD TO SAY IF THE FRONT WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH FOR ANY OF THE SNOW
SHOWERS TO BREAK CONTAINMENT AND MOVE OUT E OF THE BLUE RIDGE...BUT
WITH THE UPPER SUPPORT BEING SO FAR TO THE N...THINK THE ANSWER IS
NO. THE PRECIP SHOULD BE FAIRLY SHORT LIVED AND WILL TAPER OFF
QUICKLY FRIDAY MORNING. AFTER THAT...SOME SHORT WAVE RIDGING WILL
CROSS THE REGION...SUPPORTING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE...FOR FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT. BY SATURDAY...THE NEXT WAVE DROPPING DOWN FROM THE NW
WILL APPROACH THE REGION...WITH AN INCREASE IN DEEPER MOISTURE AND
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME ISENTROPIC LIFT IN THE AFTERNOON. WILL START
TO INCREASE THE PRECIP CHANCES FROM THE WEST LATE IN THE DAY.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 1030 AM EST WEDNESDAY...THE MEDIUM RANGE SHOWS A SUBTLE
PATTERN CHANGE TOWARD THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. WE START OUT WITH
A BROAD UPPER TROF OVER EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. A SHORT WAVE DROPPING
DOWN INTO THE TROF WILL DRIVE A WEAK SYSTEM ACROSS THE REGION ON
SATURDAY NIGHT...TO WHICH THE GFS/ECMWF RESPOND WITH SOME LIGHT
PRECIP. A CHANCE OVER THE MTNS AND SLIGHT CHC E OF THE MTNS SHOULD
SUFFICE...AND THIS WOULD BE MAINLY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE MTNS AND
MAINLY RAIN OUTSIDE THE MTNS...BUT THIS HAS VERY LOW POTENTIAL TO BE
ANYTHING MORE THAN A MINOR EVENT. HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD BUILD BACK
ACROSS THE REGION FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE NEXT SYSTEM...AGAIN
RELATIVELY WEAK...WILL FOLLOW ON MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY WITH A COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE. THIS ONE ALSO HAS VERY LOW POTENTIAL AND WAS
HANDLED WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF CHC OR SLIGHT CHC POP FOR RAIN/SNOW
MAINLY OVER THE MTNS AND FOOTHILLS. THE GFS SHOWS THIS FRONT COMING
BACK NORTH AND REACTIVATING AS A WARM FRONT ON WEDNESDAY...BUT THIS
WAS DISREGARDED FOR THE TIME BEING AS THE ECMWF WAS DRY. TEMPS
SHOULD BE A BIT ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AT KCLT...A LINE OF LOW-TOPPED CONVECTION IS ON TRACK TO REACH THE
TERMINAL AROUND 01Z. IT HAS LOST SOME STEAM...BUT STILL HAS
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS AND OCCASIONAL
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. BEHIND THE LINE...A FAIRLY LARGE AREA OF
LGT-MOD STRATIFORM RAIN WILL LIKELY LINGER OVER THE AEROSPACE THRU
THE EVENING HOURS. THINK RAIN AND LOWER CLOUDS SHUD CLEAR BY AROUND
05Z...AS STRONG LLVL CAA AND DOWNSLOPE WINDS HELP SCOUR OUT THE
MOISTURE. ON THURSDAY...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE GUSTY CROSS WINDS.
EXPECTING A 260-280 WIND WITH GUSTS IN THE 20-25 KT RANGE.

ELSEWHERE...LINE OF LOW-TOPPED CONVECTION HAS PASSED THRU ALL
SITES...EXCEPT KHKY AT THE TIME OF TAF ISSUANCE. LINGERING LGT-MOD
RAIN SHUD EXIT TO THE EAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS. SOME NW FLOW
RA/SN SHWRS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE TN LINE...AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
DIRECTLY IMPACT KAVL. OVERALL...CONDITIONS LOOK TO BE VFR...EXCEPT
FOR SOME TEMPO MVFR/IFR RESTRICTIONS IN LINGERING RA/STRATUS. THE
MORE CHALLENGING PART OF THE FCST WILL BE THE WINDS. A WSW WIND
WITHIN STRONG LLVL CAA WILL LIKELY RESULT IN GUSTY WINDS EAST OF THE
MTNS. KAVL MAY NOT GET MUCH WIND UNTIL THEY FINALLY VEER TO MORE NW
LATE TNGT...AND THE VALLEY GETS CHANNELED. BREEZY W/NW WINDS ARE
EXPECTED ACRS THE REGION THURSDAY.

OUTLOOK...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OVER THE REGION ON
THURSDAY...BECOMING CENTERED OVER THE CWA BY SATURDAY MORNING.
CONDITIONS SHOULD FAVOR VFR...WITH MORNING VALLEY FOG POSSIBLE.

AN EXPERIMENTAL AVIATION FORECAST CONSISTENCY TABLE SHOWING THE
PERCENTAGE OF GUIDANCE MEMBERS AGREEING WITH THE SCHEDULED ISSUANCE
CATEGORY IS AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK (USE LOWER CASE)...

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP/AVIATION_TABLES

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR GAZ010.
     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR GAZ017-018-026-028-
     029.
     FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR GAZ010.
NC...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR NCZ033-
     048>053-058-059-062>065-501-503-505.
     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR NCZ035>037-056-057-
     068>072-082-502-504-506>510.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST
     THURSDAY FOR NCZ033-048>050.
     FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR NCZ059-062>065.
SC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR SCZ001>014-019.

&&

SYNOPSIS...PAT
NEAR TERM...ARK/JOH
SHORT TERM...PM
LONG TERM...PM
AVIATION...ARK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 7:40 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
740 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

GAZ017-018-026-028-029-NCZ068-502-504-506>510-SCZ001>008-010>012-019-
010045-
HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-CLEVELAND-GREATER CALDWELL-
GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-ANDERSON-
ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-GREENWOOD-
740 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.

RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT
PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD DEVELOP ALONG
STREAMS AND RIVERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
RAPIDLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATING
SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS NEAR THE
TENNESSEE BORDER...AND AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THIS WILL LEAD TO SOME SLIPPERY ROADWAYS LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

NCZ051>053-058-501-503-505-010045-
SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
740 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.

RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT
PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD DEVELOP ALONG
STREAMS AND RIVERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
RAPIDLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATING
SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS NEAR THE
TENNESSEE BORDER...AND AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THIS WILL LEAD TO SOME SLIPPERY ROADWAYS LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE
TENNESSEE BORDER THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

NCZ033-048>050-010045-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
740 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM
EST THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.
   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT
PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD DEVELOP ALONG
STREAMS AND RIVERS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

NCZ035>037-056-057-069>072-082-SCZ009-013-014-010045-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-UNION NC-YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER-
740 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY...
...TORNADO WATCH 21 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH
CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TORNADO WATCH.
   WIND ADVISORY.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE PASSING
COLD FRONT. ISOLATED FLOODING COULD DEVELOP ALONG STREAMS AND
RIVERS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

GAZ010-NCZ059-062>065-010045-
RABUN-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
740 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.
   FLOOD WATCH.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL RAPIDLY
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW
SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS NEAR THE TENNESSEE
BORDER...AND AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL
LEAD TO SOME SLIPPERY ROADWAYS LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE
TENNESSEE BORDER THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

WIMBERLEY

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jan 30, 8:47 PM EST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
847 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0802 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E ROCK HILL           34.94N 80.98W
01/30/2013                   YORK               SC   PUBLIC

            HOUSE WINDOWS BLOWN OUT BY WIND GUSTS JUST EAST OF ROCK
            HILL.

&&

JPT
Special weather statement, Jan 30, 8:48 PM EST, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
848 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

SCZ014-310215-
CHESTER-
848 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN CHESTER COUNTY THROUGH
915 PM EST...

AT 844 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREAT FALLS...OR 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR...
  FORT LAWN...

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3465 8089 3456 8087 3453 8093 3454 8097
      3466 8110 3482 8091 3481 8088 3477 8086
      3474 8087 3470 8085

MCAVOY
Local storm report, Jan 30, 9:02 PM EST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
902 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0835 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CONCORD                 35.41N 80.59W
01/30/2013                   CABARRUS           NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWER POLES REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE
            INTERSECTION OF SPRING ST AND BLUME ST IN CONCORD,NC.

&&

JPT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 30, 7:05 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln55 min
Jan 30, 7:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba, Davie, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan63 min
Jan 30, 8:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan59 min
Jan 30, 8:27 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPHenderson3 hr
Jan 30, 8:32 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPUnion43 min
Jan 30, 8:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPUnion55 min
Jan 30, 9:14 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPBuncombe12 hr
Jan 30, 9:14 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPMadison12 hr
Jan 30, 9:28 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPTransylvania3 hr
Jan 30, 11:50 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBurke100 min
Jan 30, 11:58 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPSwain2 hr
Jan 31, 12:34 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPTransylvania116 min
Jan 31, 12:57 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningGSPBurke3 hr
Jan 31, 3:56 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningGSPBurke3 hr
Jan 31, 4:20 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGSPAvery, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Madison, Mitchell and 2 more30 hr
Jan 31, 6:54 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBurke2 hr
Jan 30, 7:09 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPGreenville4 hr
Jan 30, 7:19 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester, Union, York56 min
Jan 30, 7:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, Union, York65 min
Jan 30, 8:48 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGSPChester27 min

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River Flood Advisories in North Carolina, 2013Every river flood advisory 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.