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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

January 15, 2013Swain County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood warning at Jan 15, 2013, 10:17 PM EST for Swain County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 16, 2013, 2:42 AM EST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 15, 2013, 10:17 PM EST (03:17 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 16, 2013, 2:42 AM EST
Expired: Jan 17, 2013, 1:00 AM EST
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Swain County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Oconaluftee River below Contesky Dr, in Birdtown (BIRN7).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03512000, 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 Jan 15, 10:12 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 10:12 PM EST, 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 15, 9:05 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 15, 9:14 PM EST, 1 hour 3 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
Jan 15, 7:06 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Haywood, Jackson	5 hr
Jan 15, 11:15 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Swain	6 hr
Jan 15, 11:52 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	36 hr
Jan 16, 4:06 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	GSP	Avery, Buncombe, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 4 more	12 hr
Jan 16, 5:09 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Swain	3 hr
Jan 16, 7:58 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Swain	2 hr
Jan 16, 10:45 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Macon, Swain	5 hr
Jan 16, 3:29 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	3 days
Jan 16, 4:06 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	GSP	Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Davie, Gaston and 6 more	12 hr
Jan 16, 4:06 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	GSP	Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 21 more	34 hr
Jan 16, 4:06 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GSP	Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Union	31 hr

Nearby

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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.