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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 6, 2013Cherokee County, York County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2013, 1:02 AM EDT for Cherokee County, York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2013, 1:02 AM EDT (05:02 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2013, 12:36 PM EDT
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Cherokee County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Broad River at Shelby Hwy (SC 18), 4 W Blacksburg (BBGS1). The gauge peaked at 19.71 ft at May 6, 2013, 2:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02153200, 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 warning 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 warning went out at May 5, 10:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 10:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 3:38 PM EDT, 9 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
338 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013

NCZ033-035-049-050-056-068-069-501>508-061945-
AVERY-ALEXANDER-YANCEY-MITCHELL-CATAWBA-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-
338 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

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

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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

   FLOOD WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF FLASH
FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ048-051>053-058-059-062>065-509-510-
SCZ001>007-010-011-061945-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-MADISON-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-
PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-
GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-
338 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013

...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.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF FLASH
FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

NCZ036-037-057-070>072-082-SCZ008-009-012>014-019-061945-
IREDELL-DAVIE-ROWAN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-
YORK-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
338 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL
GRADUALLY SLIDE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS FROM THE WEST TONIGHT
AND MONDAY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF
THE FRONT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING. UP TO 2 INCHES OF
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS
BEFORE THE RAIN DECREASES IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE MONDAY.
IF HEAVY RAIN PERSISTS AT ANY LOCATION...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN
AREAS...FLOODING COULD OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP OVER THE CAROLINA PIEDMONT
ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY WHICH COULD ENHANCE RAINFALL
INTENSITY AND RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IF THIS
OCCURS IN AN URBAN AREA. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF FLASH
FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.

JPT

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 5, 11:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 6, 12:09 AM EDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1209 AM EDT MON MAY 06 2013

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

1130 PM     FLOOD            2 N MARION              35.71N 82.01W
05/05/2013                   MCDOWELL           NC   PUBLIC

            CATABA RIVER IS FLOODING SHIFLET FIELD AIRPORT.

&&

JOH
Local storm report, May 6, 12:24 AM EDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1224 AM EDT MON MAY 06 2013

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

1110 PM     FLOOD            1 ENE MILLS RIVER       35.39N 82.55W
05/05/2013                   HENDERSON          NC   PUBLIC

            FRENCH BROAD RIVER IS FLOODING BUTLER BRIDGE ROAD.

&&

JOH
Local storm report, May 6, 12:54 AM EDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1254 AM EDT MON MAY 06 2013

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

1210 AM     DEBRIS FLOW      5 SE BLACK MOUNTAIN     35.56N 82.27W
05/06/2013                   BUNCOMBE           NC   911 CALL CENTER

            4-6 FEET DEEP LANDSLIDE ON OLD FORT ROAD NEAR HIGH CLIFF
            TRAIL.

&&

JOH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 8:18 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey6 hr
May 5, 8:44 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPPolk, Rutherford4 hr
May 5, 9:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCleveland3 hr
May 5, 9:41 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPMadison5 hr
May 5, 9:41 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPSwain12 hr
May 5, 10:45 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPBuncombe, Henderson4 hr
May 5, 10:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHaywood, Transylvania2 hr
May 5, 11:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGSPBuncombe33 hr
May 5, 11:44 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGSPBuncombe38 hr
May 5, 11:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCleveland7 hr
May 6, 12:17 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPPolk, Rutherford4 hr
May 6, 2:12 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPBuncombe, Henderson3 hr
May 6, 2:23 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGSPMadison8 hr
May 6, 2:29 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey4 hr
May 6, 4:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCatawba, Gaston, Lincoln113 min
May 6, 5:19 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGSPGaston12 hr
May 6, 6:29 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell4 hr
May 6, 6:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGSPGaston3 days
May 6, 9:04 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPBuncombe3 hr
May 6, 10:52 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPMcDowell, Mitchell4 hr
May 6, 12:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke49 min
May 6, 12:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston, Lincoln44 min
May 6, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander, Catawba44 min
May 6, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie46 min
May 6, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell32 min
May 6, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander31 min
May 6, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell23 min
May 6, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPIredell51 min
May 6, 4:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBurke6 hr
May 6, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPAlexander, Iredell59 min
May 6, 4:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBurke, Caldwell, Catawba6 hr
May 6, 4:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAlexander, Catawba6 hr
May 6, 5:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCatawba, Iredell6 hr
May 6, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPIredell57 min
May 6, 6:23 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGSPCatawba, Iredell8 hr
May 6, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPDavie29 min
May 6, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie, Iredell60 min
May 5, 9:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPGreenville, Spartanburg3 hr
May 6, 12:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPGreenville, Spartanburg6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2013Every river flood warning 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.