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River Flood Advisory 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood advisory at Jan 15, 2013, 10:08 AM EST for Swain County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 16, 2013, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 2013, 10:08 AM EST (15:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2013, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Swain County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:11 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 Tuckasegee River below Everett St, in Bryson City (TKSN7). The gauge peaked at 12.52 ft at Jan 16, 2013, 2:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 13.5 ft
- Major stage
- 15.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03513000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 8:51 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Swain | 12 hr |
| Jan 15, 5:17 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 5 hr |
| Jan 15, 5:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | GSP | Swain | 24 hr |
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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.