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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

September 29, 201511 counties in North Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood watch at Sep 29, 2015, 4:08 AM EDT for 11 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 29, 2015, 4:08 AM EDT (08:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 2015, 2:16 AM EDT
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Flood severity
None

Counties Alexander County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Henderson County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Yancey County, NC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 9:11 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMitchell, Yancey3 hr
Sep 29, 10:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Transylvania58 min
Sep 29, 11:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBuncombe, Madison57 min
Sep 29, 11:28 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPBuncombe, Madison2 hr
Sep 29, 12:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPYancey116 min
Sep 29, 12:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPBuncombe, Madison, Yancey3 hr
Sep 29, 1:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMitchell119 min
Sep 29, 3:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAvery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey3 hr
Sep 29, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus34 min
Sep 29, 2:38 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPOconee112 min
Sep 29, 4:30 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPRabun60 min

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.