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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

December 23, 2013Madison County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood warning at Dec 23, 2013, 2:34 AM EST for Madison County, North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 23, 2013, 5:56 AM EST. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 23, 2013, 2:34 AM EST (07:34 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 23, 2013, 5:56 AM EST
Expired: Dec 24, 2013, 9:00 AM EST
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Madison County, NC

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:34 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 French Broad River above Rollins Rd, 1 SE Marshall (MARN7).

Action stage: 7.5 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03453500, 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 Dec 23, 12:59 AM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 12:59 AM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 10:05 PM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1005 PM EST SUN DEC 22 2013

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ051>053-058-059-062>065-501>510-
SCZ001>007-010-240315-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-
GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-
HENDERSON-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
ANDERSON-
1005 PM EST SUN DEC 22 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...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.

   FLOOD WATCH.

A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. THERE COULD BE A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
WITHIN THE LARGE AREA OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-85. SOME OF
THE HEAVIER SHOWERS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS.

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

..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-SCZ008-009-011>014-019-240315-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-
MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-
UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD-
1005 PM EST SUN DEC 22 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS...SOME HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS OVERNIGHT. THERE COULD BE A
FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE LARGE MASS OF RAIN...WITH
ISOLATED CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG
AND SOUTH OF I-85. THE HEAVIER SHOWERS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY
WINDS. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF URBAN FLOODING...
ESPECIALLY IN LOW SPOTS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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

..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

NCZ033-048>050-240315-
AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-
1005 PM EST SUN DEC 22 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY...

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.

   FLOOD WATCH.

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

..MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..TUESDAY...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. MOISTURE PUSHED UP THE WEST SIDE
OF THE MOUNTAINS BY A COLD NORTHWEST WIND MAY RESULT IN SNOW
SHOWERS OVER THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF THE TENNESSEE BORDER LATE
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AN ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH
OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE.
..WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..FRIDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

LANE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 22, 10:56 PM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 22, 11:15 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 23, 12:32 AM EST, 2 hours 2 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
Dec 22, 9:11 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Jackson, Macon	5 hr
Dec 22, 11:46 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	7 hr
Dec 23, 1:52 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	8 hr
Dec 23, 3:39 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Macon, Swain	7 hr
Dec 23, 4:46 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cabarrus	3 hr
Dec 23, 6:34 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Cabarrus	3 hr
Dec 23, 6:40 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Iredell	3 hr
Dec 23, 7:34 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Burke	116 min
Dec 23, 8:21 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Union	3 hr
Dec 23, 9:31 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Mecklenburg	5 hr
Dec 23, 9:38 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Cabarrus	14 hr
Dec 23, 11:37 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GSP	Gaston	25 hr
Dec 23, 2:40 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Mecklenburg	110 min
Dec 22, 8:44 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Oconee	6 hr
Dec 23, 2:39 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	8 hr
Dec 23, 7:40 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Chester, York	13 hr
Dec 23, 8:19 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union	3 hr
Dec 23, 7:48 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Elbert	2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2013 Every 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.