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River Flood Advisory 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

January 12, 2014Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this river flood advisory at Jan 12, 2014, 10:05 AM EST for Henderson County, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2014, 10:05 AM EST (15:05 UTC)
Expired: Jan 12, 2014, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Counties Henderson County, NC, Transylvania County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point French Broad River at Grove Bridge Rd, in Blantyre (BLAN7). The gauge peaked at 15.27 ft at Jan 12, 2014, 5:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03443000, 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 Jan 11, 6:48 PM EST, 15 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 6:48 PM EST, 15 hours 17 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 11, 10:00 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Henderson, Transylvania	12 hr
Jan 11, 8:07 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens	53 min
Jan 12, 2:07 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Elbert	3 hr
Jan 12, 6:36 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Elbert	5 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in North Carolina, 2014 Every river flood advisory in 2014

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.