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River Flood Advisory 39, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood advisory at Aug 8, 2013, 7:24 PM EDT for Greenville County, Pickens County, South Carolina. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2013, 7:24 PM EDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2013, 7:21 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Saluda River above Old Easley Hwy (SC 124), 5 WSW Greenville (GSLS1). The gauge peaked at 8.13 ft at Aug 8, 2013, 10:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 9.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 13 ft
- Major stage
- 15 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02162500, 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 Aug 8, 6:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 6:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1119 AM EDT THU AUG 8 2013 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ062>065-509-510-SCZ001>007-010>012-019- 091530- RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON- TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS- PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE- GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-GREENWOOD- 1119 AM EDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WHICH WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEFLY GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-068>072-082-501>508-SCZ008-009-013- 014-091530- AVERY-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- BUNCOMBE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN- GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS- GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-CHEROKEE- YORK-UNION SC-CHESTER- 1119 AM EDT THU AUG 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...RESULTING IN THE THREAT OF ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND BRIEFLY GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE. GERAPETRITIS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 8, 6:52 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Transylvania | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Polk, Transylvania | 22 hr |
| Aug 8, 10:21 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GSP | Henderson, Transylvania | 12 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Transylvania | 109 min |
| Aug 8, 3:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | McDowell | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Buncombe, Madison | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 3:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Habersham | 112 min |
| Aug 8, 4:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Habersham | 116 min |
| Aug 8, 6:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GSP | Habersham | 62 min |
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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.